Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-08
MANY USES FOR SOUR MILK

perfect circles and pile one on top Of
the other. No eggs are needed. 4
nice addition at this season is a hand
full of buck leberries.
Gold and Silver Cakes.
These are exceedingly tender when
made of sour cream. 1t may be baked
in layers or in loaf. putting the
white and yellow batters in streaks
like marble cake. For the yellow part.
beat to cream the yolks of four eggs.
then add cup of sugar and beat again.
Add three-quarters cup of thick sour
cream, into which has been stirred a
half teaspoonful of soda. Next fold i'm
cup and three-quarters Of pastry
-four that has been sifted several times
over, and flavor with little grated
yellow rind of orange and teaspoonful
of orange juice or less of the extract.
For the silver cake mix a cup of sugar
with one-haf cup of sour cream. add
ing a scant half teaspoonful of soda
and a cup and three-quarters of -four.
Lastly. fold in the stiffiy whipped
whites of four eggs and flavor with
little lemon. Bake in a bread tin. lined
with buttered paper. putting in the
batter in alternate layers. Bake in a
steady. moderate oven. and when cold
ice with plain white icing favored
with lemon or orange.
Sour Milk Corn Cakes.
Sift together one cup of -four. one
half cup of Indian meal, two table,
spoonfuls of sugar and a half teaspoon
full each of salt and soda. Pour in one
cup of sour milk and a teaspoonful lard
or butter melted and beat well. Fold
in a beaten egg and bake in hot gem
tins or round shallow pan.
Molasses Cookies.
Put into bowl one and one third cups
of molasses, one cup of brown sugar.
one cup of sour milk. in which a heap
ing teaspoonful of soda has been dis
solved. Add one teaspoonful of Vine
gar and stir until the soda has stopped
purring. Now add one cup of melted
shortening. one beaten egg. one table,
spoonful each cinnamon and ginger
and saltspoonful of salt. Mix, add
flour enough to make as soft a dough
as can be rolled out, cut in thick
cookies and bake in quick oven.
Soft Gingerbread With Sour Milk.
Put into a pan one cup of molasses.
one cup of sour milk. one-half cup of
softened butter. one heaping teaspoon
full of soda, a tablespoonful of ginger
and flour to mix very soft.
Chocolate Layer Cake.
Melt half cake chocolate in the oven
or over hot water. Stir to a cream a
cup and half of sugar and half cup
of butter. Sift together two cups of
-four and a half teaspoonful of soda.
Repeat this sitting three times over.
Beat the yolks of four eggs until lemon
colored and thick. and the whites of
two until stiff. Put in a half cup Of
sour milk in a bowl and stir into ii
scant half teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in a half cup of warm water.
Put all the ingredients together and
bake in layer tins. Put together with
lemon icing made from the whites of
two eggs.
Steamed Cornbread.
Sift into bread bowl three cups of
Indian meal, one cupful of wheat flour
and half teaspoonful of salt. Mix in
another bowl one cup each of sour milk
and molasses and beat into it tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in tea
spoonful of cold water. Add to the
sifted -four, pour into well CREASED
mold and steam steadily for three
hours. Bake a few moments at the
end to brown the top of the loaf.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.