The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-22
Household Hints
The Table.


E,lnff Cake-One and three-fourths
cups flour. one cup graduated sugar'
two teaspoons baking powder plnch
of salt Sift dry ingredients three
times through flour sitter fue
whites of two eggs unbeaten IN meas
uring cup, add enough small all, ST. ST.
pieces of butter to half fill. FIJI pal
ance of cup with half milk ana mar
water. Add wet ingredients to dry
and beat five minutes; when done auo
flavoring. Bake in flat pan m moo
crate oven. Frost according to your
desire.
Five Minute Cake-A good cake for
a beginner. One cup graduated
sugar, one and one-half cups sifted
flour. two teaspoons baking powder.
Put in bowl, make a cavity in CENTER
add five tablespoons melted butter;
Break two eggs in measuring cup, III
with milk, then add slowly to flour
with one teaspoon vanilla. Beat
thoroughly five minutes. Bake in
two layers or square tin. Frostlng:
One cup confectioner's sugar, one
and add enough maple strip to
spread easily. This frosting can be
changed to different kinds. By adding
cocoa you have the chocolate FROST
ing. Flavoring with orange or lemon
juice is also very good.
Pecan Breakfast Muffins-One and
a half teacupfuls flour, sifted with a
teaspoonful baking powder, one egg,
one teaspoonful salt, one teacupful
milk; beat together for five minutes:
add two cups rolled pecan nuts and
bake in hot gem pans. Sprinkle
some of the nuts on top before bak-
ing.
Cocoanut Cakes-Two tablespoon
fuls chopped cocoanut, two eggs, One
half cup butter, one half cup sugar.
one cupful flour, one teaspoonfuI van
lila Beat butter and sugar to cream,
add eggs, well beaten, Sift in flour
and baking powder, add cocoanat and
vanilla. Bake in gem cake pans Tor
fifteen minutes. Brush over with
Jelly and roll in chopped cocoanut.
Graham Gems-Two cupfuls of graz
ham flour, one cupful OF wheat Hour
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
a tablespoonful of sugar, one of salt
and one well beaten egg. Mix with
sweet milk to make a thin batter
beat it we'll. Bake in gem irons; have
irons well creased; fill two-thirds full
and bake in a hot oven VIII bake IN
from fifteen to twenty minutes.
DEVILS Food Cake-Two scant cups
of brown sugar, one-haf cup or but
ter, two eggs, one cup of sour milk,
one teaspoon of soda, tablespoon OF
cocoa, two cups of flour and vanilla
Mix sugar and butter, then add eggs,
dissolve soda in the milk. Add flour
and cocoa.
Things Worth Knowing.
Gift Observation-Disclosures as many
yards of linen huckaback toweling as
you wish, to make guest towels. Cut
it in yard lengths, stamp and en-
broider one end, hemstitch the other.
When invited to a shower" or wish
to give a Christmas present you have
a nice little gift by embroidering the
recipients initial in the center of one
end.
and beans are sold in to bake fruit
cakes in; they will bake in about
twenty minutes and are better than
one large one. Saves time and gas.
m !, -fx.rrc r-ea
five-cent dish mop, which reaches
all parts.
Uses for Raw Potato.
To Clean a Stained Vinegar Cruet--
FIJI cruet with finely chopped potato
skim cork tightly and let stand in a
warm place for three days, then turn
skins out and rinse cruet with warm
water and borax. 81
To Clean Rusty Knives-Use a raw
potato dipped in cleansing powder: it
is much nicer than the unsightly
cleaning cloth.
To Kindle F'ires-Potato parings
dried in the oven are good to kindle
fires, as they light easily.
tato, rub it over the surface of tho
carpet and finish with a clean cloth
wrung out in warm water.
To Clarity ia DriPp PIPING ray
will absorb all impurities.
To Make Light Bread-Mash a
boiled potato and add to the flour.
For Corned Beef Hash-ChOp q
raw potato and add to the meat.
To Clean Mud Spots From Silk
After washing thoroughly, rub soiled
places with raw potato.
When a fern turns yellow, slice a
raw potato and put it on top of soil.
This will draw out the worms, which
generally are the cause of fern lea YES
turning yellow.