Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
.glkI q. PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR HOUSEWIVES HELP
Mary Ice Swami Offers Several
Choice Recipes rs Suggestions
for Table Use.
IA MAWN LEE SWANN.

These arc days wnen the housewife
Is pv; TO il 10 lind dishes and breads
cult situations IS TO find cakes tina;
VIII meet with the approval in sup
plyiug the table with this paiata Die
food,: Some excellent tested recipes
.one-EsG Layer Cakc-lWash and
cream one quarter cup ,5ut;er add
cne-naif cup sugar gradually and Sher
ADD one wsll.hcTten. esg. MIN and
two and onc-half teaspoons baking
powder: Add alternately with one
4aE cup. o. milht 10 iirSt mixture.
Bake in bu,tcrcd sheets in moderate
oven. Put together with lemon hllinS
made like this: MIX ono cup sugar
with two and = one half tablespoons
twa lemons four tablespoons lemon
juice ,sad one slightly beaten egg.
Melt one teaspoon butter in saucepan.
add sugar mixture and stir until sirup
boi,s Remove from fire when mix
rurc becomes thick. Cool and spread
Chocolate Nougat Cake Wash anu
oneand. one hal. cups. sif;ed powdered
sugar gradually. Add one unbcatcn
egg and blend thoroughly. Mix and
a:f, two cups -four with three teaspoons
with two thirds cup milk 10 first mix
lure. Flavor win one-half teaspoon
vanilla. Melt two ounces chocolate
over hot mot boilinS) water. and
AID onc-th!rd cup powdered sugar
Blend well ana add onc-third cup milk
and cook until smooth, Cool and ada
in moderate oven. Put together
and cover with Whi;o Mountain cream.
or Ice cream frosiinS and sprinkle
generously with blanched almonds.
MarShmallow cake =. Wasa and
cream onc-ha,s cup butter add one
snd onr half cups sugar. gradually
i~o cups -four with three teaspoons
baking powder and cnc-uusr;cr tea
spoon cream q; tartar. Add alter
nateiy with nc-haif cup milk 20 but
ter md sugar MIXTURE. Flavor Wiz
inree- quaricr teaspoon vanilla Fold
inafive stiffiy beaten egg whites ru;
fTosting: MIN ;hree-duarter cap sugar
with "ne-uuarter cup milk and brin-s
slowly 10 boiling point, taking care
not. TO stir or iar. Boil SIX minutes
'ows-in pieces and melt in top Or
boiler: add two tablespoons no; water
ana stir until smooth. Add hot sugar
SS:rup gradually, stirring constantly.
Feat until cool enough TO spread ana
add few drops OF Vanilla.
Lady Baltimore Cake--Wash and
yrs sugar grauaHy Mix ana sic
three and onchaif cups -four with ,wo
spd ono. half teaspoons making pow.
der; Add alternately with one cup
Add ono teaspoon roscwatcr Fold in
Siifiy Beaten whites of six eggs Rat,
~ poN'eI'u pans IN moderate oven.
Put toSener and cover with frastinp
made as follows: Roii three cups
sugar with ono cup boiling VA ter.
unth siSup viii spin thread. ABOUT
SSs degrees Fahrcmhci; Md ~,
slowly to three beaten egg
whites, heating constantly Add one
cur seeded raisins. ono cup chopped
nut meats and four or I'VE dried o.
vanafe1 hES Other candicd fruit.
may be substituted for iig"
hn's M"unta'n cream Cahc-rul
ono AMI ono halt cups suEGr in .ducc.
pan with onc-half cup cold water ana
STR until suga- dissolrcs. Cover
saucepan and winS to boiling poin,
ana cook without, stirring Unit. sirup
VIII f2rIn thread when dropped from
ZAP OF spoon o. fork ,'are mus, he
taken not 70 allow strip Ia become
granular. WITH tips of fingers, dippct
IN eeld ~at"r WASH do"p sides OF
saucepan As often AS necessary 10 -o
move any grains of sugar Tour sirun
gradually on SHINY hraton whites ~
Two eggs. beating constantly unit,
sun enough 70 spread. Ndd ono -h.,l,
teaspoon vanilla o any desired flavor.
ms Vegetable coloring luay he uscc
10 TIM this icing any desired color.
Nuts' .cnsTricS, etc. may bc adtle. n
ING .11nE Just before il IL, sprcad