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Show UpthljgpBook The common things of life are all so dear; The moon's soft rays that through the leaves doth shine, The morning's sun on glistening waves so clear. The clouds of gorgeous hue, are mine and thine. Edith I. Farrell. HOLIDAY GOOD THINGS. As Christmas draws near we turn to the good old fashioned cakes and candies. Gala Cake. Cream one-half cupful of shortening, add one eupful of granulated sugar. Heat two egg yolks until light, add to them one-half cupful of sugar. Beat the egg and sugar mixture into the butter and sugar, and when thoroughly thorough-ly blended add one cupful of milk alternately al-ternately with three cupful of flour, sifted with four teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-half lenspoonful of salt. Beat well and fold In the stiffly beaten whites and pour into a single loaf cake pan, buttered and papered and bake thirty minutes. When cool, spread with Gala Frosting. Dissolve four tablespoonfuls of molasses, mo-lasses, two cupfuls of granulated sugar in one-half cupful of boiling water. Cook to the soft ball stage, then pour In a fine stream over the whites of two eggs beaten dry. Return Re-turn the frosting to the saucepan, set It over boiling water and beat constantly, con-stantly, keeping the frosting moving from the bottom and sides of the pan until the mixture thickens, then spread over the cake. Do not try to smooth It; leave the frosting rough. A Chrle-tmas Bowl. Bake six greenings and three Baldwins Bald-wins without removing the skins or cores. When tender add four quarts of boiling water, the thin yellow rind of three lemons and four oranges and two bay leaves. Let simmer twenty minutes then strain through a bag. pressing out the juice. Boll three cupfuls cup-fuls of sugar with a pint of water '20 minutes. Add to the liquid with one cupful of black ten Infusion and set aside to become cold. Tlu?n add the fruit Juices and a small bottle of maraschino cherries with the syrup. Let stand several hours before serving. Corn Balls. Put three tablespoonfuls of butler Into.a suucepau and when melted add two cupfuls of molasses and two-thirds two-thirds of a cupful of sugar. Stir until the sugar Is dissolved. Boll until the mixture Is brittle when dropped In cold water. Pour over six quarts of popped corn. Butter the fingers and shnpe Into balls before It gels too cool. Peanut Brittle. Melt a cupful or more of sugar In a smooth frying pan stirring until a good brown; pour over a pan of peanuts pea-nuts and put to cool. (& 1910, WutirB Nwp.pr L'utua.) |