Evening star., 1943-12-02

Home Economics Institute, cautions
against trying to think up recipes Of
your own or doctor up" old-time
recipes. The better way Is to use
wartime recipes, which take short
ages into account, and follow them
to a ct"
For example:
GINGERBREAD UPSIDE-DOWN
CAKE.
Y cup shortening.
1s cup sugar.
l egg.
u cup molasses.
lh cups sifted all-purpose en-
riched flour.
u teaspoon salt.
IL teaspoons baking powder.
"a teaspoon soda.
y teaspoon cinnamon.
y teaspoon ginger.
u cup sour milk.
Bottom Of Pan.
2 tablespoons butter or fortified
margarine.
II cup light corn sirup.
1s cup nuts.
2 sliced oranges or apples.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
egg, beat we'll. Add molasses; blend.
Sift dry ingredients and add al
ternately with the milk to the
creamed mixture. To prepare pan:
Melt butter or margarine In pan.
Add corn sirup; blend. Arrange
fruit and nuts. Pour batter over
fruit and bake. Turn cake out Of pan
Immediately after removing from
oven. Good with cream cheese top
ping. Use pan 7x11x111z inches.
Bake for IS minutes In preheated
s53-degree oven. Serves 6 to 8.
Another tried and tested wartime
cake recipe:
INEXPENSIVE COCOA CAKE.
l cup boiling water.
"a cup cocoa.
11s cups white sugar.
y cup shortening.
2 eggs, separated.
2 cups sifted cake flour.
l teaspoon baking powder.
l teaspoon soda.
~ teaspoon salt.
CUP sour milk or buttermilk.
teaspoon vanilla.
Pour boiling water over cocoa.
Stir until mixture is smooth. Cream
sugar and shortening. Add egg
yolks. Beat again. Sift flour,
baking powder, soda and salt to-
pether three times. Add alternately
to creamed mixture the dry in
gradients and the sour milk. Add
cocoa mixture and vanilla. Lastly,
fold in stifly beaten egg whites.
Bake in two creased, Toured 9-inch
cake pans Is minutes in preheated
375-degree oven. Ice with sugarless
icing or lemon filling.
Lemon Filling.
q cup sugar.
7 teaspoons flour.
Il teaspoon salt.
"a cup water.
l egg or yolks, slightly beaten,
l tablespoon butter or fortified
margarine.
Grated rind of / lemon.
cup leIIlUtl JulCe'
Combine sugar, -four and salt.
Stir in water. Bring to boil with
medium heat, stirring constantly.
Cover. Turn to simmer and con-
tinue cooking for 10 minutes. Stir
q little of the hot mixture into the
slightly beaten egg. Slowly stir
into remaining hot mixture. Cook
for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add butter and lemon rind. Cool.
Add lemon Juice and chill thorough
". Makes enough filling for a two
layer cake.
This is what's meant by sugar
less icing:
Jelly and Egg White Frosting.
l egg white.
glass red jelly.
/ pinch salt.
Whip all ingredients together
until mixture stands in peaks.
Spread over cake.
CORN FLAKE MACAROONS.
8 tablespoons melted shortening.
"a cup brown sugar.
Y cup white sugar.
egg.
"a cup chopped nut meats.
Y cup shredded coconut top-
tionaD.
~ cups slightly crushed corn
flakes.
Blend shortening and sugars
thoroughly. add egg and beat we'll.
Add nut meats, coconut and corn
flakes. Mix well. Shape cookies,
using a tablespoon and pressing the
filled spoon against the side of the
bowl. Then drop lightly on a
creased cookie sheet. Bake for 10
minutes in preheated 350-degree
oven. Makes 2 dozen.
ONE-CRUST PIES.
You can have your pie and your
points both If you use rendered
suet or other meat drippings, in
stead of shortening. To prepare
suet and other meat fats to be used
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