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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Forms of fancy cakes for a child's party 



Minced Sardines on Toast: Select any good brand of 

 sardines, and with a fork carefully remove bones, tails, 

 and skin. Mince up the fish fine, using lemon juice as a 

 dressing. Pile it up lightly upon thin rounds or triangles 

 of toasted bread, from which all crusts have been carefully 

 removed. In combination with olives and sweet pickles, 

 sardines served in this way are very appetizing. 



Chicken Loaf: Boil a chicken in as little water as pos- 

 sible until the meat will drop easily from the bones. Re- 

 move the bones and 

 cut the meat up fine 

 with knife and fork. 

 Put the meat and 

 liquid back into the 

 kettle, with plenty of 

 butter, salt, and pep- 

 per. Mix and heat 

 it thoroughly. Boil 

 an egg hard, slice it, 

 and place in the bot- 

 tom of a mold or 

 agate pudding 



an 



dish. Pour the hot 

 chicken over the egg, 

 place a weight upon 

 it, and set it away to 



Table suggestion for a child's party 



cool. When thoroughly cold, it retains the given form, 

 and can be sliced thin with a sharp knife very readily. 



Creamed Celery: Scrape and wash the white stalks of a 

 bunch of celery, cut into inch lengths and cook in salted 

 water until tender. Drain, arrange in a deep serving dish, 

 and pour over into a cup of rich white sauce. Garnish 

 with parsley. 



Potato Balls: Mashed potato, not made too moist by 

 the addition of milk, can be readily formed into balls. 

 These can be dipped in egg, then in cracker crumbs, then 



in egg again, and fried in deep fat just like codfish balls. 

 Maraschino Salad: Drain a bottle of maraschino cherries, 

 marinate in French dressing, or dress with lemon juice and 

 powdered sugar. Fill the centers with salted almonds, and 

 serve in a box formed of four narrow crackers held in 

 place by ribbons. Various ribbons may be used, according 

 to the season, as red and green for Christmas and red and 

 white for Valentine's Day. At this luncheon brown and 

 gold-colored ribbons were used with a very charming effect. 



Raspberry Jelly in 

 Orange Baskets : The 

 baskets are easily 

 cut from rather thick- 

 skinned oranges or 

 grapefruit, by hand, 

 with a sharp knife. 

 They must be kept 

 in cold water until 

 needed for serving. 

 The filling is of rasp- 

 berry gelatine, col- 

 ored a rich red, 

 served with whipped 

 cream and just a 

 few candied cherries. 

 Fancy Cakes : Any 

 good rule for sponge cake forms the basis tor these fancy 

 cookies. The child's figure is cut out by hand with a sharp 

 knife. Icings of different tints are applied for coloring, 

 and the outlines marked with a fine camel's-hair brush 

 dipped in melted chocolate. 



To be in keeping with the rest of the luncheon, the ice 

 cream should be in the form of animals, Indians, or cow- 

 boys. Serve with it sponge drops, put together with jelly, 

 and iced in yellow and chocolate. The more substantial 

 food can be decorated in any way suggestive of the subject. 



Maraschino salad 



Dessert in "orange basket" 



