The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-12-09
The Honemaker's
Corner
By MARY DOUGLAS

The holiday season is just around
the corner and in spite of our own
depressed spirits because of world
ablaze with war, we cannot deny
our young people the joys of the
festival season. So as homemakers
we must make plans to have our
homes as CHEEKY and bright as pos
sible, though there will be many
vacant chairs around the table, and
many mothers, wives and sweet
hearts will be thinking only of their
loved ones who are far away on the
battle fronts.
Christmas has always been the
time for giving and receiving gifts,
but this year it should be something
more-we should give of ourselves.
There is that old couple down the
street, who are lonely now that the
house is quiet without the children
who used to make it ring with their
laughter; they will appreciate your
dropping in with a'plate of cookies,
or Just for a friendly visit. Then
there is the young woman in the
next block who has two little ones
and whose husband is somewhere
in the South Pacific. She needs
your friendship and just to be able
to talk to you about him would help.
There are countless other ways we
can find to make others happy on
this wartime Christmas.
seem to have gotten clear away
from what sat down to write about
-cakes-for it wouldn't be Christ
mas if we didn't have cakes.
To achieve perfect cake here are
some simple rules to follow. Meas
ure all ingredients carefully. Use
fine granulated sugar, good shorten
ing, fresh eggs and cake flour. Too
much flour will cause the cake to
hump up in the middle and make
dry cake Too much leavening will
make a coarse grain or texture.
Over mixing when using an electric
mixer may cause heavy cake.
The right oven temperature is
necessary, as is also the length of
baking time. Assemble everything
before starting to mix the cake,
grease the pans and have them
ready, then quickly mix the cake
and have the oven ready when the
mixing is completed so you can
bake at once.
We are all looking for economical
recipes these days and this is one
that I use most of the time for
cakes:
Two Egg Cake
215 cups of sifted flour
212 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of salt
IA cups of sugar Il cup will do
Y cup of shortening
cup of milk
2 eggs
l teaspoon of vanilla
Put the shortening and sugar in
your mixer at low speed while you
Sift and measure the flour with the
salt and baking powder Add the
eggs to the sugar mixture and beat
a few minutes, then add the flour
and milk alternately and mix just
long enough to be smooth Bake in
layers in 375 degree oven for
about Is minutes or until done Use
your favorite icing, chocolate,
orange or white.
Here is another which maybe you
never tried:
Tomato Soup Cake
2 cups of flour
cup of sugar
l can tomato soup
l teaspoon of soda dissolved in the
soup
4 tablespoons Of shortening
/ teaspoon of mixed spice
l teaspoon of nutmeg
3 teaspoons of baking powder
"a cup of raisins or nuts
Sift the spices and baking powder
with the -four, cream the sugar and
shortening, add the soup into which
has been dissolved the soda, and
mix altogether, adding the. raisins
or nuts last. Bake in a loaf at $50
degrees about 40 minutes Eat plain
or with whipped cream or sauce.
The average high school student
usually Classics his parents among
the simpler things of life.