Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-07
Menus and Artistic Decorations
For Easter Celebration at Home

, pressing the cheese into medium
sized oval shapes for the bodies and
smaller ovals for the headA kernals
of unchopped yellow corn will do for
Decorate the plate with something
green.
Ostrich Eggs-Hens' eggs, hard
boiled form the centers of these
ostrich eggs. The eggs are plungeo
into doughnut batter and then
fried, in boiling lard. This process
should be repeated several times until
the eggs are large and rich goioeh
yellow in color.
Cake for Children's Easter Party
AS the center of attraction on the
BILE at an Easter party for children,
a large frosted cake decorated with
simple rabbit egg design will be very
effective. The cake should have
plain. smooth chocolate frostlng ana
the pattern of the rabbit and egg
should first be drawn upon paper IN
the desired size. The paper pattern
! should then be placed on the cake and
the design pricked through upon the
| frosting with a stout needle. With the
help of a.small funnel, or paper bag.
in which a tiny hole has been pune
| tured, a fine. stream OF confectionery
sugar can be poured into the pune
| tured lines, bringing them out IN
| clear contrast against the dark brow
| frosting.
EgE-shnped CORRECTION.
| Cook the following mixture upon
moderate fire.. One-half pound of
powdered sugar, one-fourth pound OF
! citron cut fine and six teaspoons or
| water. After cooking for ten minutes
add one-half pound of grated choco,
| late and one-half pound of grated
almonds. Pour the mixture in empty
egg shells. place them in egg cups
to cool and then remove the shells.
| Place ,Cards.-Designs cut from pa
per napkins. wall paper and even
| place cards.
/ Hot Cross Buns.
The following recipe will make
enough hot cross buns for an average
family: Sft together one quart OF
pastry flour. two dessertspoons OF
baking powder and saltspoon OF
salt Rub into the -four a piece OF
butter the size of an egg. Mix to-
gether cup each of milk and water
| and one cup of sugar and stir into the
flour mixture. then add two well
beaten eggs and mix soft. Cut into
small biscuits, make a cross on top OF
each one. and bake in very hot
the oven shelf. Raisins and currants
or lemon peel may be added to the
mixture, if liked. AS soon as baked
sift powdered sugar over the buns and
| serve
Golden Layer Cake:
Golden Part-Take one-fourth cur
| OF butter, one scant cup of sugar, the
yolks of two eggs, two tablespoons OF
cold water, one teaspoon of baking
powder; one-fourth teaspoon of salt
one heaping cup Of -four, three
fourths of a cup of milk and one.
half teaspoon of vanilla extract. Bea,
the butter and sugar to a cream, add
light, then add this to the butter mix
ture and beat well. Add part of the
milk and beat again. sift the flour
with the salt and baking powder
three times, add half of it to the mix
ture and beat. Now add the rest OF
the milk and remainder of the flour
and beat the. whole to a creamy bat
ter. Bake in two layers in we'll but
| tered and Powered tins.
! White Part-Take one-fourth CUP
of butter, one Scant cup of sugar
the whites of two eggs, three-fourths
cup of milk. one heaping cup of flour