1904. 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
9i5 
Six Good Cakes. 
“Breathes there a man with soul so dead 
He loves not new-baked ginger bread? 
Who, stepping through the kitchen door. 
On baking day sees goodly store 
Of fragrant amber-shadowed cake, 
And, half-unconscious, does not break 
A ragged chunk ! Ah, toothsome bliss ! 
lie is a churl who knows not this.” 
—Credit Lost. 
Farmers’ Fruit Cake.—One pound sour, 
dried or evaporated apples, soaked over 
night in warm water. Drain off water 
and simmer two hours in two cupfuls mo¬ 
lasses. One cupful melted butter, half 
cupful thick sour cream, two teaspoonfuls 
soda, one cupful brown sugar, four eggs, 
4J/2 cupfuls sifted flour, browned in the 
oven, cassia, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, lemon 
rind grated, each one teaspoon ful. Bake 
in moderate oven. 
Old-Fashioned Fruit Cake.—This is in¬ 
tended for rolling out and baking in flat 
pans, instead of the usual loaf. Take two 
and a half cupfuls of sugar, creamed up 
with half a cupful of butter, half a cup¬ 
ful of sour milk, a teaspoonful of soda, 
half a teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nut¬ 
meg and ground cloves, a cupful of raisins 
and one of currants, with a little chopped 
citron and enough flour to make quite 
stiff. Knead all together, roll about two 
inches thick and bake in a moderate oven. 
Spread the layers with boiled sugar frost¬ 
ing and cut into squares before the frost¬ 
ing hardens. 
Brownie’s Cake.—One cupful of brown 
sugar beaten to a cream with half a cup¬ 
ful of butter; add the well-beaten yolks 
of four eggs and a half a cupful of strong 
cold coffee. Ground cloves, cinnamon, all¬ 
spice and nutmeg to taste; 2/z cupfuls of 
flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of bak¬ 
ing powder, and last of all the whites of 
the eggs beaten to a stiff froth and folded 
in. Bake in two layers and fill in and ice 
with dark caramel icing, made as follows: 
Put four cupfuls of brown sugar in a 
saucepan with a cupful of sweet cream or 
rich milk aaid boil until it will thread from 
a spoon. Take from the fire and beat until 
nearly cold and then put between the lay¬ 
ers and over the cake. 
Orange Cake.—Sift together four times 
I/j cupful of flour and V/ teaspoonful 
of baking powder. Beat well two eggs, 
add one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful 
of milk, one tablcspoonful of melted but¬ 
ter and the same quantity of orange juice; 
then the sifted flour and baking powder. 
Bake in a square, shallow tin. When 
cooked split open and fill with a cream 
made as follows. Into a cup squeeze the 
juice of one orange, ado a tablespoomul 
of lemon juice and hot water to fill the 
cup, put this on to cook in a double boiler, 
thicken with one tablespoonful of corn¬ 
starch wet with cold water, and add the 
grated rind of half an orange, one tea¬ 
spoonful of butter, two heaping table¬ 
spoonfuls of sugar and the yolk of an 
egg. 
Hardenburg Cake.—This is an old-fash¬ 
ioned Dutch fruit cake: Cream together 
a pound and a half of butter and two 
pounds of granulated sugar. Add one- 
half pint of New Orleans molasses, the 
beaten yolks of 12 eggs, two ounces of 
mixed spices—mace, cinnamon and cloves, 
two grated nutmegs, one-half pound can¬ 
died peel—two pounds cleansed and dried 
currants, four pounds stoned and cut 
raisins, one-half pint pickled fruit syrup 
or boiled-down cider, and flour to make 
the ingredients hang together. If not self- 
raising flour, add a dessertspoonful of 
baking powder. About a pound and a 
quarter of flour will be required. Lastly, 
fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. 
Bake three or four hours in a moderate 
oven, taking care not to disturb. 
Angel Cake.—Take the whites of nine 
large eggs. Add to them a. pinch of salt 
and whip them lightly until they are partly 
stiff, then add half a teaspoonful of cream 
of tartar and whip them until very stiff. 
Fold in carefully one and one-fourth cup¬ 
ful of granulated sugar that has been 
sifted three times. Sift one cupful of 
the best pastry flour seven times (if you 
want a perfect cake), and fold it into 
the sugar and whipped eggs lightly. Last 
of all, add a teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn 
the cake into a large, unbuttered pan. Bake 
in a moderate oven from 35 to 50 minutes. 
Never open the oven door until you think 
the cake is done, as it falls very easily. 
On taking it from the oven turn it upside 
down in such a way that current of air 
will pass under it until it is cold. 
When cold loosen the cake from the sides 
of the pan and lift it out. It should be so 
delicately baked that this will not be diffi¬ 
cult. If you intend to ice it cover it with 
a soft uncooked icing made with pow¬ 
dered sugar, white of egg and a very little 
vanilla. Angel cake is generally better for 
being kept a day before serving. If it is 
a little tough place it in a stone jar ami 
cover with a plate. Let it stand for two 
or three days in this way and it will be¬ 
come tender. _ 
The Rural Patterns. 
The misses’ raincoat figured is a very 
useful model which can be made with or 
without the cape. The loose back and 
wide sleeves make it very convenient to 
slip over the dress, and it is a useful 
model for a warm Winter coat, if water¬ 
proof cloth is not desired. The coat is 
made with fronts and back, fitted by means 
of shoulder and under-arm seams. The 
back is full and is partially confined at 
the waist line by means of a strap held 
by buttons. The sleeves are made in one 
piece each and finished with roll-over cuffs 
and the cape is circular. The little flat 
collar is joined to the neck and rolled over 
with the fronts to form lapels. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size (14 years) is 4J<j yards 44 inches wide 
or 3 yards 58 inches wide. The pattern 
4873 is cut in sizes for misses of 12, 14 
and 16 years of age. 
The boy’s suit No. 4888 consists of the 
blouse and the trousers. The blouse is 
made with fronts and back and is finished 
at the neck with a coat collar and lapels, 
and drawn up at the bottom by means of 
an elastic inserted in the hem. The box 
pleated sleeves are laid in one pleat each 
and are extended from the shoulders to 
the wrists, where they are finished with 
straight cuffs. The knickerbockers are 
in regulation style and are joined 
to waist-bands at the upper edge. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size (10 years) is 3yards 27, 
2% yards 44, or 2J6 yards 52 inches wide. 
The pattern 48S8 is cut in sizes for boys 
6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age; price 10 cents. 
Chili Sauce. — I send you directions for 
making chili sauce which I can heartily 
endorse. I have been using this recipe 
since 1898, and have given it to many 
people who have all been successful with 
it: Scald, peel and cut up 30 ripe toma¬ 
toes, medium size. Chop six fair sized 
onions; chop three large green peppers 
with seeds of one, or four peppers without 
seeds. Mix these in agate pot and add 
one jelly glass of sugar, one jelly glass of 
vinegar, one tablespoon of salt, one table¬ 
spoonful of ground cinnamon, one tea¬ 
spoonful of ground allspice, ]/ 2 teaspoonful 
4888 Boy’s Coat Blouse Suit, 
6 to 12 yrs. 
of ground cloves. Boil all these together 
between four and five hours. Pack into 
jars or wide-mouthed bottles and seal with 
paraffin. Will keep for months. 
MRS. j. c. w. 
Cranberry and Apple Jam. —Take two 
pounds of cranberries and two pounds of 
apples after they are peeled, cored and 
chopped. Put them in a preserving pan 
with ?,y 2 pounds of sugar. When it comes 
to the boil keep the preserve boiling for 
half an hour, then try a little on a cold 
saucer, and if on cooling it sets well it 
will be sufficiently done. Tie down in small 
jars. This makes a delicious preserve, 
the cranberries imparting a fine flavor and 
•giving in addition a brilliant color. 
_ ISADOKE. 
Infinite toil would not enable you to 
sweep away a mist; but by ascending a lit¬ 
tle you may often look over it altogether. 
So it is with our moral improvement; we 
wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit which 
could have no hold on us if we ascended 
into a higher moral atmosphere.—Arthur 
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