Evening star., 1948-07-22
Readers Clearing House
BAKED MER1NGUE SPICE CAKE;
CAKE RECIPES

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BAKED MERINGUE SPICE CAKE;
CAKE RECIPES.
(Frons Mrs. J. w. H., Washington J
For Mrs. M. p, Alexandria. Two
cups sifted cake -four, teaspoons
baking powder, Il teaspoon salt, !
teaspoon cinnamon, " teaspoon
cloves, u cup shortening, cup
brown sugar, l whole egg, l egg
yolk, y cup milk. Sift -four, baking
powder, salt and spices together
three times. Cream shortening
with sugar until fluffy. Add beaten
egg and egg yolk and beat thorough
ly. Add sifted dry ingredients, al
ternately with milk in small amounts,
beating well after each addition.
Pour into creased cake pan (6 by 10
inches) spread with meringue and
bake.
Meringue: One egg white, u cup
brown sugar, 4 cup broken nut
meats. Beat egg white until stiff
but not dry. Beat in brown sugar
gradually. Spread over cake bat
ter, sprinkle with nuts and bake
at $50 degrees so to go minutes
Now here is a cake which is just
the opposite. The icing is baked
on the bottom Of pan.
Upsadaisy Cake-For frosting:
Five tablespoons butter, y cup
brown sugar, 2 tablespoons cream.
X cup shredded coconut. Blend
the above ingredients over low
fame and spread evenly in bottom
of cake pan.
For cake: Three eggs, / teaspoon
vanilla, II teaspoon lemon extract,
IL cups sugar. Mix the above and
beat well. Add IL cups cake flour,
IL teaspoons baking powder and
Y teaspoon salt which has been
sifted together. Bring y cup milk
and 2 teaspoons butter to a boil and
add to cake batter. Pour batter
over icing and bake at $50 degrees
for about IS to 40 minutes. Nuts
may be used in place of coconut.
bFCOWN1E.
from Mrs. J. r. X, Herndon.t
To Mrs. G. p, jr., for a recipe for
real fudge brownie which I am sure
you will like.
Two cups sugar, Y cup cocoa, 111a
cups flour, l cup milk, eggs, cup
melted fat, l cup nut meats (black
Walnut, pinch salt, teaspoon vanilla.
Mix dry ingredients, add eggs, va
nilla and nutmeats and bake in a
very slow oven.
ANSWER TO QUERIES.
from Mrs. J. E. R., Washington.)
To remove grease from wallpaper
apply hot fullers earth, leave it on
spot overnight, brush off. 1t may
take more than one application.
Tomatoes or apple peelings boiled
In aluminium pans cleans them.
Saturated salt and soda helps re-
move burnt spots, but fine sandpaper
or emery will remove anything. Go
easy or you'll ruin the pan.
HANDY HINT.
(Fron, Mrs. E. E. F,
Pdturent RiDer.)
Being an old Pennsylvania I
would love to have the recipe for
raised potato cakes mentioned by
M. r. S., Hampshire Heights, Md.
Does any one know the trick of put
ting folded dish towel in the bot
tom of the vegetable hydrator to
absorb moisture and prevent slimi-
ness?
THEATRICAL GAUZE.
(Fron, Mrs. S. M. S., Arlington.)
For Mrs. L. D. MGR, Washington
Natural color, linen theatrical gauze
46 inches wide, SO cents a yard, may
be purchased at McCutcheon's 5th
avenue at Forty-hinth street, New
York. Quality excellent. The
easiest curtain to wash as it never
goes out of shape under repeated
washings and, hsts for years with
very little fading.
X y X
HYDRANGEA PLANT?
From Mrs. D. r. o., Washington J
should be very grateful If some
reader with a green hand would
tell me how to slip hydrangea
plants. have a beautiful pink one
am anxious to start cutting from,
or do whatever way would be best
to increase my supply of plants.