54 PEUITS AND HOW TO USE THEM. 



one cup of suear, stir in one beaten egg, half a cup of milk, 

 two cups c)f flour and two taaspoonfuls of baking-powder. 

 Bake in two round or oblong tins. Over one cake spread a 

 pint of whipped cream sweetened to taste, into which has 

 been stirred one large banana sliced very thin. Lay the 

 other over it and serve hot. 



Banana Gems. — Beat together one cupful of sugar with 

 three eggs, add one-fourth of a cupful of water and stir in 

 one cupful of flour mixed with one teaspoonful of baking- 

 powder. Stir in two thinly sliced bananas, and half flU 

 cups which should be steamed one hour. 



Banana Pie.— Beat the yolks of two eggs to a cream 

 with one- halt cup of sugar. Peel and mash two large 

 bananas or three small ones, sift them and beat into the 

 eggs together with one and one-haJf cups of milk or enough 

 for a large pie. Bake with one crust, and when done cover 

 with a meringue made of the two whites and two table- 

 spoonfuls of sugar. Serve cold. Double the quantity baked 

 in a deep dish without the paste, will make a pudding. 



Fried Bananas, No. 1.— (Miss Parloa) For six bananas 

 put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a cup and place on a 

 part of the stove where it will heat almost to the bulling 

 point; keep it at this temperature for fifteen minutes. At 

 the end of this time a clear oil will be on the top and a 

 sediment at the botton. Pare the bananas and cut them 

 in two lengthwise; roll these pieces lightly in flour. Now 

 pour the butter into the frying-pan being careful not to 

 pour in the sediment: let this butter get hot and then put 

 the slices of floured banana into tlie pan. Fry brown on 

 both sides, place on a hot dish, sprinkle with sugar and 

 serve. (If a sauce is desired boil together half a cup of 

 sugar and the same amount of water, flavor with anything 

 liked, likf orange or wine, and pour over it.) 



Fried Bananas, No. 2.— Beat one egg to a froth into 

 which dip scarcely ripe bananas cut in two lengthwise. 

 Roll in sugar and flour, and fry brown. 



