Evening star., 1944-04-17
MYSTERY CAKE;
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kThdnks to Mrs. w. B., Fairfar, Va. J
In response to Mrs. j. E. p. of
washington I would like to send her
fmy family's favorite cake recipe.
slhave never had failure and 1t will
keep moist for week or more. It's
called mystery cake
/ Four tablespoons shortening Il use
amy meat drippings), cup sugar, 2
eggs, l can condensed tomato SOUP
Ii teaspoon soda, IA to III cups
fiour, teaspoon baking powder, |
teaspoon cinnamon, ! teaspoon all
spice, / cup nut meats and cup
raisins.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
eggs and beat well. Add soda to
tomato soup q use the famous @red
sand white LABEL variety and it is
j important to leave soup In can when
putting soda in). Sift baking pow
/ der and flour and, spices together,
lIadd flour alternately with tomato
hsoup. I boil my raisins for about .
minutes. Drain well. This makes
them much nicer and so plump and
juicy. Lastly, fold in nuts and
raisins. Bake either in layers or
loaf at $50 degrees for Is to 80 niin-
utes, or until cake springs back when
touched lightly.
would also like to submit my
noodle recipe for Mrs. H. l.. NICK.
OF Arlington. Use one or two eggs,
according to the size OF your family.
Beat them fairly well. Add er,ouel,
flour to make quite stiff. Cor q eggs
use about u teaspoon salt and u
teaspoon baking powder For egg
you would use less.) Turn dough
on well-fioured board, knead a few
|. minutes. Be sure to have plenty of
Hour on board as the dough sticks
avery easily. Roll very thin. Sprin-
i kle a small amount of flour when
i finished rolling. Then roll as for
jelly roll. Slice very thin. You will
/ need sharp knife and use saving
i motion. Unwind and cook until
slender in broth, or as you like them
1 CLEANING LIGHT FELT HAT.
1 CLEANING FUR COAT?
Thanks to Mrs. X. r. w.,
Alerandria.)
To the lady who wished to know
|; how to clean a light felt hat:
Rub all over with place of emery
paper. This will take the dirt of
\ just as an eraser will erase pencil
! from paper. Be sure to spread some
/ paper under while you work and
keep away from rugs and uphol-
stored furniture because of the lint
I and dust. That hardly can be
/ avoided, but you. will be pleased with
/ the result.
Could some one please tell me
1 how to clean fur coat at home9 Z
! I have heard Of dry powder. Gould
Il this be borax? The coat is natural
!, pony and beaver and I will be un.
liable to hang 1t outdoors.
Il The Readers Clearing House Is
delightfully."- refreshing and so help
ful in many ways.
!, FIG SPICE CAKE.
! Thanks to Mrs. A. II. T.,
!: Washington)
4 Fig Spice Cake: Delicious, quite
irichD a cup butter or margarine
N cup vegetable shortening, "A cup
brown sugar, X cup granulated
sugar, 3 eggs beaten separately, n
cup figs chopped, Il cup walnut
meats broken tcan use pecans), az
cups cake flour, y teaspoon each OF
GLOVES, nutmeg, cinnamon and all.
spice, 4 teaspoons baking powder
~ teaspoon salt, u cup milk, "a cuI
lcold coffee, l teaspoon vanilla.
Il Mix in usual way. Bake hour
In moderate oven $50 degrees. Car
be used as either loaf or layer cake
II Lemon icing for fig spice cake
Grated rind OF ! lemon, 4 table
spoons of lemon Juice, 2 egg yolk,
lnnbeaten, Az cups powdered sugar
use only n of this icing recipe wher
Icake is baked in a loaf.
l. COCOA BREAD.
L Thanks to Mrs. A. r. p,
L WdshfnGton)
4 One cake yeast, Q cups milk
lscalded and cooled; / Tablespoon
tsugar, 5l2 cups sifted -four, n cul
lfugar, "a cup cocoa, /. cup butte
lRsubstitute or other shortening),
Fggs. "a teaspoon salt.
II Dissolve yeast and / Tablespoon
Sugar In lukewarm milk. add 3 cup
;pf Hour and beat until smooth
Cover and set aside to rise in
warm place until light, about ~
hours, then add butter and suga
ffreamed. eggs well-beaten, cocos
femainder Of -four, or enough T.
make a soft dough. and the salt
Knead lightly, place In erease