Show Hel Helping ping the Homemaker COCOANUT MERINGUE CAKE A Dinner Menu Broiled Lamb Chops Buttered New Potatoes Asparagus Florida Bread Butter Bulter Fruit Salad in Gelatin Cocoanut Meringue Cake Coffee Asparagus Florida Serving Six Thirty spears asparagus 4 cups Water wa Wa- ter er 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons but but- ter cr 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 4 14 4 teaspoon celery salt 4 1 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons chopped pars pars- icy ley cy 1 tablespoon chopped pimentos Mix salt and water When boiling add asparagus and boil gently 20 min mm- utes Drain carefully so that asparagus asparagus agus will not break Arrange on buttered toast on serving serving ing ng platter Top with wilh sauce Melt Mel butter add flour and when blended add milk Add seasonings and cook until thick creamy sauce forms Stir constantly The sauce can b be made while asparagus is cooking so that tha they will be done at same time Cocoanut Meringue l Cake A delicious dessert Three egg yolks 12 2 cup sugar 4 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon lemon lemone e extract tract 8 1 teaspoon salt 4 3 cup flour nour 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat yolks Add sugar and beat until until un un- un til creamy Add rest of Ingredients and beat three minutes Pour into shallow pan fitted with waxed paper Spread with wit meringue Meringue l Three egg whites 3 1 cup sugar 2 1 cup cocoanut 3 1 cup shredded almonds almonds al at- monds 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons tablespoons table table- spoons sugar confectioners confectioner's Beat whites and add one half cup of sugar Beat until cre creamy Add cocoanut Spread over cake mixture Mix almonds cinnamon and two tablespoons of confectioners confectioner's sugar Sprinkle over egg whites Bake 45 minutes in slow oven When cool use sharp knife which has been dipped in warm water and cut into squares Remove with spatula ant and remove waxed paper Serve plain or topped with whipped cream or fresh fruit |