Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Cakes.

pen In writing.
Icing for decorating the cakes Is made
OF confectioners' sugar and unbeatep
egg-whites in the proportion OF about
one cnpful of sifted sugar to two whites.
Mix thoroughly and add favoring of
vanilla, lemon, orange juice, or other
fruit juices. With fruit juice more
sugar may be necessary. The frosting
ia of the right consistency to use when
case knife cut through the mixture
makes clean cut so that the frosting
remains parted. For yellow icing, use
the grated rind of deep-colored orange
pounded to pulp. For light brown or
ran, q few drops of caramelized sugar
will give the desired color, and for
green. spinach juice may be used. A
red fruit juice or cochiueal will make
pink icing.
The cakes may be frosted with
boiled icing with the decoration OF
half walnut, several almonds cut In
strips radiatipg from the center, or an
ornament OF candied cherry, sultana
raisip, candied orange or citron peel
A butter icing may also be used If the
cakes are not to be packed.
BALL CAKES
cupful sugar
2 cupfuls pastry -four
teaspoouful baking-po WIDER
Q teaspoonfuls cinnamon
IA teaspnonful cloves
Ia cupful chopped citron
IA teaspoonful nutmeg
Grated rind l-2 orange
eggs
IL teaspoonful salt
Sift all the dry ingredients together.
Add the eggs unbeaten, the citron, and
the grated orange rind. Mix well.
Wi'b well. Toured hands make the mix
,ure into balls the size of walnut.
Bake on well-oiled cooky sheet, placed
one and one-half inches apart, 10 quick
oven, 1902 r.
CHOCOLATE, FRUIT AND NUT DOUBLES
eggs
2S cupful sugar
IL squares chocolate
IL oupful nut meats
teaspoon vanilla
IL cupfuLcandied cherries or sui
tana raisius
cupful pastry -four
teaspoonful bskipg-powder
IL teaspoonful salt
Beat the eggs we'll, add the sugar, the
| -four sifted with the baking-powder and
salt and mixed, with the nut-meats
broken and the candied cherries cut In
pieces, the chocolate melted, and the
vanilla. Mix all together we'll and drop
by teaspoonfuls on a creased baking
sheet. Shape in rounds and press nut
meat, raisin, or piece Of candied cherry
on each. Bake till brown at 1902 +,
Spread the uuderside of half the cakes
with jelly or frosting and press the other
half on them.
DATE SQUARES
3eggs
cupful sugar
cupfuls dates
cupful pastry -four
teaspoonful baking powder
1-2 oupful chopped nuts
IL tesspoonful salt
To the beaten egg. yolks add the sugar.
Stir in the dates cui In small pieces, and
add the dry ingredients sifted together.
| Fold in lsst of all the whites Of the eggs
beaten until stiff. Bake 10 sheet using
| large pan for one half hour in moder-
ate oven, 375s F. Remove from the pan,
cut in squares, and roll in powdered
sugar, or IL preferred, they may be iced
and decorated with almonds or stoned
dates.
WALNUT SQUARES
2eggs
cupful brown sugar
1.2 teaspoonful salt
IA cupful pastry -four
cupful chopped nut-meats
1-2 teaspoonful vanilla
Beat the eggs until light; add the rest
of the Ingredients. Pour into we'll
creased pan and bake about fifteen min
utes in an oven registering. 425' F. Cut
into squares while still hot and remove
rom the pan.
GINGER NUTS
cupful molasses
12cupful shortening
2 tablespoonful water
31-2 cupfuls pastry -four
l teaspoonful soda
IL tablespoonful ginger
IA cupful candied orange, lemon or
citron peel
teaspoonful salt
Heat the molssses and melt the short
enipg in 1t. Cool. Add the dry ingre-
dieots sifted together. Chop the fruit
fine and add 1t to the mixture. Mix
we'll and roll out on q Toured board.
Cut in any desired shapes. Bake In an
wen registering 1902 F.
ORANGE COOKIES
IL cupful shortening
IL cupful sugar
2 eggs
About Q 2 cupfuls pastry -four
3.4 teaspoonful baking powder
teaspoonful salt
Grated rind large orange
Cream the shortening and sugar. Add
the eggs we'll beaten and the -four sifted
with the baking powder and salt. Add
enough -four to make dough stit
enough to roll. Chill thoroughly. Then
roll very thin and cut in any desired
shapes. Sprinkle with grated orange
rind, place on we'll CREASED pan, and
bake in quick oven. Do not brown.
Vanilla may be added and the top sprink
led With graduated sugar instead OF
the orange.
PEANUT MACAROoNs
l egg white
1oupful brown sugar
1cupful peanuts
ID tesspoouful salt
12 teaspoouful vanilla
\ Beat the egg white until stiff, and add
the sugar, gradually continuing the beat
ing. Fold in the peanuts finely crushed.
Drop from teaspoon, one inch apart,
IN a well.o pan. Bake in rather
slow, $3.50 r. oven until Drowned.
PECAN STICKS
2 eggs
IL cupful sugsr
/ tablespoonful shortening
12cupful pastry fOar
1-2 cupful pecan meats
IA teaspoonful salt
Beat the eggs together until light.
Add The sugar, then the flour sifted
with the salt, and the shortening melted.
Last, add the nut.meats broken in
pieces. Spread thinly on creased and
Toured cake pan. Bake quickly, at 1852
F., till well Drowned. Remove from The
pan and cut In strips.-Good House
keeping.