Evening star., 1919-05-02
Some Good Filings and Icings
for Other Cakes ~ Baking
- Hints for Busy Housewives

To Be highly successful, according
TO old-fash.onsd standards. shostcake
should be made with a good biscuit
dough aud not with sponge cake. The
following is ths old-fashiened town
ula To two cups Of four ada tsa.
spoonful and half OF baking powdst
aalt a teaspoonful OF pure lard o.
melted butter and enough milk to
make the dough. kaks the cake uuti!
the crust has attained Just the propei
degrees OF orispness. after which split
piece lavlshly with the best OF but
Ter and when the fruit has been p!Ie>.
high upon them aud has been p!srr!-
fully covered With powdered sugar
serve them. one on top or the otnef
with thick yellow cream.
Shortcakes, whether biscuit dough
or cake dough is used should be eatel.
as qulck!Y as possible arter they are
spread with ftu,r. or the cough VII.
oecome soggy Biscuit dough- cake.
are incest served hot. but those o.
cake dough should be cold The cream
used with either kind, whether whip.
ped or plaln, should ne ice cold.
S,rauherry shortcake Make a
rich biscuit dough. as inalcatea
above roll thin and cut into
rounds about the si1e OF bread.and.
butter plate. Place ore or top OF an
other. with butter spread between the
two and bake in quick oven: Spread
the LAYERS ana on top and servs Bot
with whipped cream, PLAN cream, ice
crean. or charlotte russo. The juice
that has run from the fruit should
be sent. to the table in sauce boat
and served with the cake as IT is cut.
Strawberry and Pine.nple saor..
eaks-Take thres quarts OF straw
berries and two large cups OF
sugar Chop the berries and sugar
together and lst. stand for an hour
Dice some Canned pineapple or fresh
pineapple III the latter. sugar II.
the berries and the pineapple to-
gethsr. Spread thlckly between two
baked shortcake doushs Serve with
whipped cream This VIII serve
twelve people. The recipe can be
halved,
foar. two ana one-halt teaspoonfuls
Ct baking powder. two tablespoontuls
of butter. one egg, two tablespoontu!s
OF sugar and two cups Of milk. Make
a thick batter, spread In 4 pan and
bake When baked, cut, making two
spread between and on top Of. the
cake. sprinkle with sugar ana Servs
| with whipped cream
Peach shortcake.-Noll out some
shortcake dough about = quarter o.
| an inch thick, cut with = cookie cut.
! ter into rounds, butter half Of these
ana place the unbuttsrsd ones on top,
| Bake them. split them open but,Ar
and hll and cover each one with frass
peaches cut N s!icAe and eprinklsd
with powdered su9at, Serve lot sur
rounded b. plenty Of whipped creasa:
swsetensd ana naversd vita a.aene4
almonds. using about ons.half 4 cup
Cherry shorteaks-Mix together
tFe cups 0. aeur sift%d with haa7.
ia steaspeeatul ef baking powder, Z
tsastoontul Of salt .nd hs!t cup q
81 butter ana lara iaa two ' tssls.
speoafu!s OF sugar ana mix With Z
well beatsn sge ana enough n.iIk
to make the dough Of the right con-
sttteney. Roll out In. two layers
ana b.k.. Crush and pit sesas i.rge
eh.rries viii b. @ more a..ieieus il rrs. :.
! servA with or without cream.
Rhubaro shortcaks.-Tsks one and
| ene-half cups OF Aoar. one and one.
halt tsasreontuls Of baking powder;
cup Of butter ana milk enough e
bak!nT powder Rub the butter inte
this, Noistsn with enough milk to
make a stia dough. spread thin on
hastassa tin sk,s i, ,sd .s;,,.rs cut ta'a
= cup Of susa. ard shake we'll. Peu.
| ovAY this custard made Of halt 4
1 ana ! cup 81 rich milk Bake twsnty.
Ave minutes. II rhutarb alone 10
u::a '.w n doasii I. so:f s .,saS, ..ss1ss
with whipped cream ,ust hAsera ss.v.
Orange shes.eak. .oa. cup .. sou,
cream, ens-teurth tsasreensul Of salt
four oraness and one tAaspeenful o4
aeda Dissolve the salt ard seda IN 4
tahlsepeontul Of warm water. ada te
the cream ana stir into this eneuSs
Sour to make a rather sta aeuEs
saa put then. together ana bake in Z
! moderate oven when done. put be-
tween the layers sliced and sweAtens I'd
oranees and cover tha whole With
whipped cream.
individual sherteake -Sift one cur
of hcur and one rounding teaspeen&ul
Of baking powder three ti,nes. P!ael
ore tablespoonful Of butter In a eur
and put on the stove to melt Brsak
lring add enough milk to nearly All the
cup. Add to tha hous mixture and
stir until we'll mixed, BAKE in Ean,
or cup cake tins. When cold. cut and
\ put between them mashed and sweet
eped berries Place some berries or
top Of sa<h little cake. sprinkle With
powdered sugar, and top each with a
spoonful of whipped cream. Any kind
a Of berries may be used
NE.l .
rather plain layer cake dough and
bake in two layers. While hot. put
between them any berries which ara
Il In ssasen. crushed ana we'll seasoned
Cover the top nth whipped cream,
and in this imesa sliced peaches.
Serve al once
Putr Paste sAer.e,k.s--M.ke past.
with a pound Of huttsr. . pound OF
aour ana eeia ".tsr , .usseisnt to make
UP and roll cut again ter seven times
chilling between each rolling. Finally
roll out a. eighth Of IN inch thick
ard cut in strips TIVE ara one-halt
inches wide and four inches long
Eut,sr, srrAaa eEA.hllf with crushe d
aad evestsaa4 fruit, PVT the other
piece on top, brush with the white OF
an egS, sprinkle with chopped al
menas, bake brown and 4.eorat.
when cela with whipped cream and
whole eerFite.
i Cracker shorteaks opan . can OF
peaches. aerieetf or any eanne4 fruit
reVr off the siEvr ana let IL AAat, With
more sugar to make = rich SAUCE
Butter the crackers, place the fruit
on then, and sprinkle with suear;
then Law another euttsFsd cracker on
tor Put in the oven lens enough to
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