Evening star., 1945-05-28
Readers Clearing House

Add unbeaten eggs, beat well. Add
molasses, mix thoroughly. Then al
ternate the flour and milk. Start
ing with the flour. Beat we'll until
smooth. Bake in 375-degree oven
about 80 to IS minutes or until done.
Bake in sheet pans. I use l pan
12x8 and pan 8x8 for this recipe
as have no larger one. The 12x8
gives IL portions and the 8x8 gives
8 portions. BY making this twice
it served 40 people.
Here are my two favorite frostings
for this cake. One is soft and
gooy, the other is palmer and easier
to handle, but both are very good.
The first uses up your spare egg
whites, cup sugar, u cup water
Boil together until drop of the
Sirup remains on the tip of the
spoon-about S minutes. This is
important, If you let it cook until
it spins thread you'll have a FROST
ing that hardens and cracks when
cut. So watch carefully, testing
often. just dipping spoon in sirup
lifting 1t till all sirup drips off. The
last drop looks like a drop of jelly.
Then pour this over your egg whites
which have been beaten stiff, little
at time. Beat until it peaks. Then
add the grated rind of l orange or
lemon. After spreading on cake,
chopped nuts sprinkled over it is
good but optional.
Second frosting. This is for this
amount of cake One and one-half
pounds confectioners' sugar, pre-
ferably sifted, tablespoons brown
sugar. 3 tablespoons milk, 2 table
spoons butter. Bring the latter three
to boil and boil until clear-about
S minutes. Add to confectioners'
sugar. If still too stif1, add top of
milk or evaporated milk / table
spoon at a time until smooth and
right consistency to spread. One
tablespoon vanilla or maple fiavoring
or few drops mint according to
taste) improve the flavor. The
recipes have been made dozens of
times always with good results.
From Mrs. H. r. A., Fairtar, VaJ |
In reply to request for a cake to
serve 40 people, here is a very good
one and inexpensive:
Plantation Fruit tBars-Thorougn-
ly cream "a cup shortening, y cup
molasses. Sift together 2 cups flour,
"a teaspoon salt, "a teaspoon soda,
IL teaspoons baking powder Stir
into creamed mixture with alternat-
ing y cup milk. Stir in / cup nuts
(chopped and cup raisins or dates
(cut up). Spread in creased shall
low 8xl2 baking pan Il generally use
9xl3 baking pam. Bake Is to 30
minutes in moderate oven $50 de-
grees. When cool. cut into bars lx2
inches. Amount, 48 bars. You could
make 2 pans. I often make mine
without fruit and it is just as de-
licious. If desired. spread cooled
bare before cutting with lemon
icing.
Lemon Icing-Gradually beat y
cup confectioners' sugar into l stiffly
beaten egg white. Add a dash of
salt and teaspoon lemon extract.
A simple way to make = pot pourri
jar: generally take the rose petals,
place them where they can thor
ouehly dry. When dry sprinkle all
kind of spices over them 1 then
place IN rose jars. They will keep
for years. have several Jars. II
also put In few rosebuds from
Dorothy Perkins rambler rose. They
lock attractive if you place them in
gauze bags. 1 hope this will help
Mrs. B. w. M.
A request was asked by one of your
readers what she could do with pit |
dough after she had placed it in the
refrigerator. If she will crumble it |
in a pie plate, but try to firm the
eoge especially if she is using fruit) |
by adding little cold water, put in
filling and crumble the dough over
top. She will find this way very
easy and most delicious.
A very easy way in which to make
butterscotch, chocolate and vanilla
custard pies is to use the regular box
puddings on the market today. A
big saver on sugar.
May I apply for the future RICH
book?
From Mrs. K. W., Alexandria,
Basic yellow cake for Mrs M. w.
p, Arlington: For 100 portions cut
In half for So Flour, pounds:
shortening, 2 pounds 4 ounces; su-
gar, 5 pounds; salt. ounces: baking
powder, 3a4 ounces: milk, IL pints;
eggs, %.
Blend above together well. Add
is quarts milk and q tablespoons
vanilla. Use for layer, loaf, cup, ring
or sheet cake. Bake at 375 degrees
to 400 degrees.
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SPOTS ON FLOOR.
From Mrs. B. O. H.,
Winchester, Va
An excellent way to clean spots
on a waxed floor is to use a paste
wax on "chore" ball and rub. It
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