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Show kTtSIn i CABINET I I I (..........-.-....-- US. U3I. ffHttn Nampapar Ualoa.) No man rulath safely but he that le willingly ruled. No man securely doth command, but he thai hath learned readily to obey. No men rejolceth securely unless he hath within him the testimony of -a good conscience. Thomas Kempie. SOME BEST CAKES A good cake I Joy for long a It lasts. The proper beating of the . mixture before folding In the egg whites makes a fine grained and tender cake. Pineapple Cake. Cream one-half cupful of shortening, add one and one-half cupfuls of sugar (stir In gradually), add two well . beaten egg yolks. Sift together three aud one-balf teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, one-fourth tea-spoonful tea-spoonful of salt and two and one-third one-third cupfuls of flour; alternate the flour In mixing with the creamed butter but-ter and two-thirds of a cupful of milk. Beat well, add a teaspoonful of vanilla and the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake In two layers. For filling put three cupfuls of confectioner's sugar In a bowl with one-fourth cupful of cream and beat until smooth. Add one table-spoonful table-spoonful of lemon Juice and one table-spoonful table-spoonful of finely minced pineapple. Spread the cake with melted butter, sprinkle with a tnblespoonful or two of chopped pineapple and cover with the filling. Use It for Icing the top. This will make a delicious dessert using whipped cream over the cake. It mny be baked In a sheet and cut Into In-to squares If preferred. Butterscotch Cake. Cream one-half . cupful of butter with one cupful of " sugar, add two well beaten egg yolks, add two-thirds of a cupful of milk alternately with two cupfuls of flour sifted with three teaspoonfule of baking bak-ing powder, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt Beat well, add a flavoring of vanilla and fold In the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in two layer tins. Ice the enke with the following: Two cupfuls of light sirup, one-half cupful of butter, one-hnlf cupful of milk. Bo' until it forms a soft hull In cold water. Cool without stirring. When almost cold spread on the cuke. Decorate the top with nut meats. Date Kisses. Beat two egg whites until stiff, add one cupful of powdered sugar, one cupful of broken nut meats and one cupful of chopped dates. Mix lightly and drop by tea.ipoonfuls on to a greased baking sheet. Bake about fifteen fif-teen minutes In a moderate oven. This makes about thirty cakes. A delicious filling which has a name which speaks for Itself is Gentlemen's Favorite. Grute a tart apple a ripe duchess Is one of the best Add sugar to taste and one egg white unbeaten. Beat until creamy and spread on layers and top of cake. Summer Foods. There Is no fruit more appotlxlng than fresb ripe currants. Sugar theui 1 jHf- well and serve as a cocktail, as a breakfast dish or as ilefwert. Currants With lee C r e a m. Sugar the ripe fruit, let stand a half hour then crush them through a rlcer. Put a tublespoouful of currants Into a flier-bet flier-bet glnss, add a layer of Ice creutn and finish with more currants. Banana Date and Nut 8alad. Cut alx balls from ripe hut (Inn bananas for each salad, roll In chopped nut. Stuff dates (using three or four) with the pieces left after making the balls. Arrange on lettuce and serve with . Maple Sirup Dressing. Heat one-fourth one-fourth cupful of sirup to the bulling point, pour over three egg yolks, beating beat-ing all the time, cook one minute; add one-hnlf teaspoonful of lemon Juice, one-fourth tensKnnful jOf salt, and Just before serving add one-half cupful cup-ful of cream, beaten stiff. Icebox Pudding. Take one pound of vanilla wafers, one large can of pineapple, pine-apple, one cupful of nut meats, one-calf one-calf pound of butter and four eggs. Cream the butter with one-half cupful of sugar, then add the eggs one at a time and beat twenty minutes. Put the nut meats and the wafers through a meat grinder and make alternate layers of crumbs with the pineapple and the creamed filling until all Is used. Place In ice box 12 hours before be-fore using. Serve with whipped cream. , Orange Souffle. Cover one-half box of gelatin with one-half cupful of cold water; after ten minutes sdd one-hnlf cupful of boiling water and stir until dissolved. Mix two cupfuls of orange Juice, two cupfuls of sugar, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Beat six egg yolks to a cream and add with the gelatin mixture to the sirup. Put Into a basin, stand In Ice water and stir until It thickens. The Juke of two lemons Improves the dish; add one quart of cream and freeze, ' ' Pecan Pie. Take one cupful of sugar, three-fourths of a cupful of corn sirup, one-hnlf cupful of butter, three unbeaten eggs and one cupful of pecans. Measure the butter and melt. Mix the sugar, eggs and simp, add each egg sepamtely. heating well after aft-er each addition, then add butter. Pour Into a rich : pastry crust and bake In a very hot oven to bnke the crnst. then bake slowly for nearly two hours, if using gas lower the beat after the quick baking to just a bead of flame. |
