The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-18
HERE ARE A few
OF THOSE SHORT
CAKE LETTERS

DO YOU know how 20 make straw.
berry shortcakes II YOU don't,
there In no excuse for YOU now
Seattle housewives have II down TO
n science Already the contest ed.
itor has received enough recipes 20
fill a large.aized cook book. aud no
two Of them are alike. The best
one Will get prize OF 81. Mrs
Housekecper. even tho YOU have
your own pet recipe. perhaps some
of these are better. II will pay YOU
TO read them. Here are few OF
them:
Editor womsn'. Page Three cup.
fioarl ~ cup butter or lard I h-rrtus
t~aspeonfui Of hskinK powder I h~splns
'easpoonful salt h-apinE teaspoons
sugar.
MIA tho above together we'll with ,aur
hands. thou put IN one ~sg brnt~n we'll
aud one cup ef milk. stir aud pat In
buttrred pan. Just o.. ysu would cake.
nake In hot ssrn about 20 minntes
Serve hot with crushed straw b~rri-. and
whipped cream. siihs very good without
N.opALI>E uArsoS.
Editor wemsa's Page mi. ;. my
fasorits rr~ipei I've cup. flour ~.
level teaspoons baking powder. sin
above together three time-! break ono
~gE In bowl. b~ai add - cup sweet
cream. Is cup batter.
Heat all together untli light ard bals
In 1--WE layer. wash aud stem : pinis
Of berries. mare, az desired. rut In
di.h and slightly mash Add cup
sugar. and when cake IL baked. Pot her.
ri~. between layer. aud serve with srrsm
which hs. been .~~~t.a-d TO ts.,-.
mis-. o. q not ~En.
rditss Woman. Page Cream tas-.h-
er , tablespoons sugar and tablespoon
butter add - cup milk snd l cup fieur
.ift~d with teaspoons baking powder
Divide and bake In msd-rat. ss~n fsr
10 sr ~ minate. Spread Sliced sad
.uEarcd b~rrie, between and en- top. aud
serve hot or e-id with whipped cream.
MRS. ). .. ALEXANDER
rditsr Woman. Page first tshs =
large BASKET. ~ strawberries. Wash
them we'll. thea PIT them In basin aud
mash. aud add cup % sugar.
for tho cream for .hort-ake. strain out
I cup Of tn. brrry juice after the berries
are .~~~t~oesb lnts a bowl and pot In
half eup Of sugar. Then beat the whiis
Of an ~x9 10 s,if fre,h saa pa, In tho
berry juice. Take tho ~sE heater and
~hip inxr~di~ai. until Ike cream
Zoe the trust. take flour i'm basin ar
.tir-di.b. pat In a little .aiI. thsn put In
level teaspoon 81 soda aud I fes.pvea
Of hskiug powder into tho flour. de-, aft
ed. then put in tsbi~sp~on ~ Geld .hart-
ening. rubbed into tho flour. Take
large coffee cup Of butfrrmilk and stir
GOOD and sfif batter. hat deaf ka-sd
". rnt the halter IN sakias tin ssd
bake TN dane. hat not brown. Nhsa
dane, cut the eakr spsn and pot plenty
Of batter on -ash crust. thea pat berries
on half ~ the crust. sprinkle On msre
sass<. thea pot over " part 81 the er~am
ysa made. then put tho ether half
efu.t ard put tho r~st - tho bevriss.
sprtnkiins on sugar. then put on tho ret
% the b~vFy cream all s,es tho top
MRS y. W. DALEY.
Editor wemsa'. Page Put In sieve
sup. 81 flour. =. cup sussr. 4 Level too
.paaas 81 baking powder. =. teaspoon sf
salt .ift 4 tiu~-.
fiab IN - cop batter vet With ~ rup
Of nsifk. added TO 4 we'll beaten rax. Nis
a. for baking powder bi.eatt- Cut ssd
roll sut IN Layers. using rSk~ tins Tor
baking Hsk~ Is rstrut~-.
stem and wssh bosr- 81 kerrt~-. Put
hsrrt~. IN isrgr s~wi and add eups
sugar and nsa.h slightly. Pile both lay
~. With b~rrtes. bufttng ane layer apnn
the other serve with whipped Or sweet
sn~d cream mis-. D. NitDEt.