Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-19
Readers CIeorinq
HOuSe
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL

SHENANDOAH VALLEY FRUIT
CAKE.
Reprinted From the Readers
Clearing House, November 3, 1947. J
Two pounds raisins, l pound
|currants, l pound English wal
nuts, u pound citron homemade
watermelon rind preserves are
If1ne). "a pound lemon and orange
rind mixed and u pound candied
cherries.
Prepare the above ingredients
first by Touring raisins and cur
rants and by cutting the citron,
orange and lemon peel, cherries
and wainuts in small pieces (this
can be done the day before).
Now cream two cups butter Tor
other shortening, or lard and mar
garine mixed with the butter) and
3 cups sugar. Sift 3A cups flour
with teaspoon baking powder.
Add l tablespoon cinnamon, tea
spoon ground cloves. l large tea
spoon nutmeg. grated to the flour;
2 eggs. "a cup milk. "a glass wine.
l small bottle of lemon Cor 2 ia
blespoons lemon) extract. After
Dreaming butter and sugar add
eggs beaten separately. next add
milk. then the flour and wine al
ternately. lastly the fruit.
For baking, set the oven at ESQ
degrees. Line either a large. plain
pan 10 inches in diameter across
the bottom Cor a large fruit cake
mold with three layers Of brown
wrapping paper and one Of wax
paper. Plain pan takes 3z hours.
Little less time for cake mold
When cool sprinkle with wine,
wrap in cloth. Keep in tin.
Sprinkle every few days with wine.
This keeps the cake well favored
and moist.
I attribute the moist. delicious
flavor to the use Of at least one
moist fruit. Either substitute
homemade watermelon rind pre-
serves for the bought citron. or
pineapple preserves, drained and
cut fine. This last can be sub
stituted for the currants.
I always use one or the other
of these and always had a cake
of excellent flavor. II all dry
fruits are used 1t will take less
-four and q cup to cup Of milk.
always using q cup Of wine and
also keep cake moistened with
wine for q cake OF quality and
fine flavor. I trust these sueges-
tons may prove useful to those
inexperienced in making fruit
cake.
CONTEST BOOKLET.
fFron Mrs. r. M. Tdkomd Park
Sometime ago, H. T. B. OF Wash
ington wrote in asking for the
address Of the company that put
out q booklet on contests. At the
time read it. meant to sit right
down and tell them about it,, but
the time went by and I never did
So here it is and I hope 1t will be
OF as much help to you as 1t has
been to me. I, too, am a contest
fan and several years ago took this
little booklet called Prize Ideas. "
and I won several nice things.
among them an electric stove.
Then, as the years went by. was
too busy with my home to do much
with contests and I let 1t drop, but
last year I decided to send for 1t
again and this year I have been
working on contests again and, al
though so far I haven't won any
very large prizes, have won three
so far this year. I give all the
credit to this wonderful booklet
put out by All-American Contest
Stars, 1929 Spruce street, Phila-
delphia. Pa. I have seen and read
many such books put out on con-
testing, but this is the finest and
the best help anywhere. / know
you will not be sorry you sent for
a copy. believe they will send
you a copy free on request. Good
luck and good wins!
4 X Il 4
SONGS?
(From r. NJ. c., Washington
I would like to have the words
to two songs. one of which is
Pretty Red Wing and the other
Is Break the News to Mother"