| Show HOUSEHOLD Give Cupid a Break Bake Him a Cake Recipes Valentine Notes Along about this even though it isn't there's a note of pre-cious sentiment that gets into the atmosphere Per-I haps it's those bits of bright red A and lacy paper U N the children have been pasting into I heart the rhymes they've been Cupid has a way of darting into this season and winning us over even if only with a cardboard arrow springing out of a froth of red and white paper cutouts of Why not plan to give yourself up to a party with a Valentine Let's make it simple but festive for even simple gayety will do loads for your Except for the I cake in today's column which is a wee bit the rest of ingredients in the party are streamlined to save your Our color scheme for the holiday runs into so our main i dish is going to be a variation of I the old favorite chicken and cran-I Jellied Chicken and Cranberry I 1 tablespoon gelatin 2 cups well seasoned chicken broth 6 small thin slices chicken 2 cups minced chicken Cranberry mixture Soften gelatin in a little add remaining broth and heat until gelatin is Pour a lit- i iv tie into the bot- torn of an oiled loaf Divide remaining O Hy gelatin between 1 cup dark and 1 eLJ l cup light meat of Add alternating layers of chicken and chilling each layer thoroughly until set before adding the Cranberry Chicken 1 pint cranberry juice Ua tablespoons gelatin V teaspoon salt Dash of cayenne Juice of lemon 1 cup minced celery Soften gelatin in a little cranberry dissolve over hot Add remaining juice and seasonings Cool and add Since the main dish is a combination salad and main dish if served I with a lettuce or watercress garnish and mayonnaise if you want balance the menu with some attractive assorted Sandwiches should be light snacks for this type of so we'll fall back on the old cream Cream Cheese Mix 1 package of softened cream cheese with 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise and a dash of Worcestershire sauce Blend Take thinly Valentine Chicken Cranberry Loaf Assorted Sandwiches or Gems Cupid's Cake Tea Hot Chocolate Recipe Given sliced white trim off and spread with cream cheese cut in half and brush with melted Toast in broiler until evenly Other good cream cheese using heart or diamond-shaped bread include cream cheese and apple butter or cream cheese and currant jelly or raspberry Hot muffins that pull no nutritional punches would be good foil for the smooth jellied chicken and cranberry Try Graham cup flour 1 cup graham flour teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 well beaten y cup milk Sift the flour Sift again with salt and baking powder Add egg and milk and beat only until mixed with dry Bake in buttered muffin tins in a hot oven for 20 A delicious mouth-watering cake to top off the party is just the thing you need to make it a Cupid's cups egg whites cups sugar cup sifted cake flour teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla Measure egg whites and place in a bowl Sift and measure sugar and add Add half of sugar and Vt teaspoon salt to Sift J 5 or 6 Beat X J egg whites until W add cream Y of beat un- til egg whites are slightly stiff but still Fold in 2 tablespoons at a time Fold in sifted flour a little at a Fold in vanilla and pour into a hot pan that has been set In a hot while cake is being Bake in a hot oven 20 to 23 minutes or until cake springs back when Invert pan to cool cake Frozen Strawberry 1 package lemon-flavored gelatin 1 cup boiling water 1 package fresh-frozen strawberries 1 cup whipping cream Add boiling water to stir Break strawberries into separate add to gelatin and stir The cold strawberries will cool the gelatin and at the same time thaw the syrup around the If strawberries are cool gelatin before adding strawberry Whip cream and fold in Ms cup of whipped cream into strawberry With a sharp knife cut out center of cake with a sawing leav-ing a shell around top of Lift out center of cake and tear off pieces of center to fill hole at bottom of cake left by Use this extra cake and put into filling or frost small pieces and roll in Pour strawberry filling into Frost outside of cake with remaining Part of this frosting may be used through a cake decorator tube to add valentines to sides and swirls to top of cake as shown In picture Put cake in refrigerator for Vz hour or long enough to set filling Serves What problems or recipes are most on your mind these winter la Lynn Chambers for expert advice on your particular at Western South Please be sure to enclose a self-addressed envelope for your Released by Western |
