Evening star., 1919-02-21
Low-Cost Sponge Cake.

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! Low-Cost Sponge Cake.
Take two eggs. beaten separately,
one cup of nne granulated sugar,
three ee-eighths OF a cup of hot water
or milk. one-half a teaspoonfui of
and half teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and one-Quarter teaspoonful
Of salt Beat the yolks OF the eggs
until thick and light; add half the su-
gar gradually, beating constantly:
add the water or milk and gradually
rure for three minutes; add the ex-
tract and the whites of the eggs
beaten until stiff. mix and sift the
dour. making powder, and salt, then
cut and fold into the first mixture.
Butter and -four shallow cake IAN,
turn In the mixture. spread evenly
and bake In moderate oven for
twenty-five minutes. If sponge
cake is mixed with cold water 1t will
be yellow. but If mixed with boiling
water it will be white.
= sponge cake or any very light
cake put into an oven that is too hot
rises rapidly around the sides, but
leaves hollow in the middle. An
excess of sugar may also cause this,
but there are other causes. Ii a, cake
is made too light with eggs or bak-
ing powder and an insufficient guam
ttty of -four Is added, it will drop in
the center. Another frequent cause is
the moving of cakes while in the oven
before the mixture has properly set
The same defect is produced if the
cakes are moved from the oven before
being baked sufficiently. II the oven
door is slammed carelessly the shock
may make the cake fall, and q. guam
tity of cold air will be shut in which
Will check the baking.
Lemon Drop Cakes
Take one cup of sugar. two ounces
of butter. three eggs, three cups of
nour, one pound OF currants or rais-
ms, half a teaspoonful of salt, two
teaspoonfuls OF baking powder and
one cup of milk Flavor with lemon
extract. Cream the sugar and butter,
add the eggs we'll beaten; then add
the milk and f]avoring Have ready
the hour. f1iains and baking powder,
also the salt. which should be thor
oughly mixed together: then add this
TO the butter, sugar, etc. and stir
slowly until you have it all thorough
~ mixed Drop teaspoonful at a time
on well creased dripping pan and
bake in a quick oven until a nice
brown, which will be in about ten
minutes.
inexpensive Layer Cake.
Two tablespoonfuls of butter. one
and one-half cups of sugar. one egg
and two yolks, two and one-half cups
of -four, three tahlespoonfuls of bak-
ing powder and one cup of milk. Put
the sugar. butter and eggs into
warm bowl and beat until light. Add
the -four with baking powder and
milk and beat again hard for two
minutes. Flavor and divide evenly
into three round layer cake pans or
two square ones. Put together with
boiled icing. to which cocoanut. nuts.
chopped hgs or chopped candied
orange peel is an acceptable addition.
Fruit Bread.
Add chopped nuts. raisins. figs. dates
and currants to bread dough and you
will have delicious fruit bread AL
ways dredge these fruits with pow
Nered sugar instead of with -four and
they will not sink to the bottom of
the mixture. When seeding raistns
for q cake time will be saved IL the
raisins are put in a dish and boiling
water poured over them. Let them
stand for ten minutes, pour of the
water and rub each raisin between