THE STRAWBERRY MAY 1907 



milk, then add the remaining flour with 

 the baking powder sifted in it, and last 

 the white of the eggs, beaten stiff. Bake 

 in two layers. Spread each layer of cake 

 with icing made of one cup powdered 

 sugar and the white of one egg. Put the 

 white of an egg in a bowl and add the 

 sugar gradually beating with a spoon. Do 

 not beat the egg till you begin to add the 

 sugar. Just before serving sweeten and 

 partly crush one quart berries, put them 

 on one cake and place the other layer on 

 top. 



Strawberry Salad 



Wash and stem one quart of strawber- 

 ries, sugar with powdered sugar and put in 

 glass bowl. Pour over it the strained juice 

 of two oranges and one-half cup claret. 

 Let it stand on ice until ready to serve. 



Strawberry Shortcake 



One large spoonful butter and' lard 

 mixed, three gills flour, one-eight tea- 

 spoon salt, one-half teaspoon baking pow- 

 der, one-half box strawberries, one cup 

 granulated sugar, one-half cup powdered 

 sugar, milk. Sift baking powder and salt 

 with flour; with the hands work butter 

 and lard into flour and use milk enough, 

 handling as little as possible, to make a 

 soft dough; divide dough into two parts 

 and roll each into a thin cake; butter the 

 top of one cake and place the other on it, 

 then put in a quick oven and bake ten 

 minutes. Tear apart and butter well the 

 inside of each part. Crush the berries 

 during the baking, sweeten with granulated 

 sugar, put between the cakes and sprinkle 

 powdered sugar on top. It is fine. 



Strawberry Meringue 



Crush two teacupfuls of strawberries 

 with one cupful of powdered sugar, and 

 press through a fine sieve to remove the 

 seeds, beat the whites of four eggs to a 

 stiff froth, adding gradually one small 

 cupful of powdered sugar, and then by 

 degrees add the strawberry juice; continue 

 beating until it will stand in peaks. Make 

 a soft custard with the yolks of the eggs, 

 four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and 

 one and one-half cupfuls of sweet milk; 

 cook in a double boiler until as thick as 

 cream, pour the custard into a glass dish 

 and slip the meringue upon it. 



Strawberry Sauce 



One-half cup butter beaten to a cream 

 with two cups powdered sugar. Mash 

 well one pint strawberries, beat into the 

 sugar, and butter and set on ice to harden. 

 Good with any plain pudding. 



Strawberry Sbortcake 



One pint flour, one and a half teaspoons 

 baking powder, one-third cup butter, one 

 cup sweet milk. Mix ingredients and 

 divide into three equal parts; roll out 

 and bake in tin. Spread each layer with 

 melted butter and place them one on top 

 of the other. Bake twenty minutes; when 

 done separate them and return to the oven 



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five minutes. Have one quart strawberries 

 mashed and sweetened, and spread be- 

 tween the layers, with a generous supply 

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