. American cookery. a teaspoonful of salt, and four levelteaspoonfuls of baking powder. Withthe tips of the fingers work into theseingredients one-fourth a cup of butter;add, gradually, about one cup of milk,mixing with a knife to form a rather soft dough. Toss on a floured boardand knead lightly. Divide into twopieces. Pat, and roll out to fit a roundcakepan. Put one piece on the pan,spread the top with softened butter, andplace the other lightly above it. Bakein a quick oven fifteen or twenty min-utes. Pull the two layers apart, andspread liberally with softened one layer on a ser
. American cookery. a teaspoonful of salt, and four levelteaspoonfuls of baking powder. Withthe tips of the fingers work into theseingredients one-fourth a cup of butter;add, gradually, about one cup of milk,mixing with a knife to form a rather soft dough. Toss on a floured boardand knead lightly. Divide into twopieces. Pat, and roll out to fit a roundcakepan. Put one piece on the pan,spread the top with softened butter, andplace the other lightly above it. Bakein a quick oven fifteen or twenty min-utes. Pull the two layers apart, andspread liberally with softened one layer on a serving-dish, pourover half of the sugared berries; abovethis put the other layer, then the restof the berries. Add one-fourth a cup of milk to a cupof thick cream, and beat until stiff; addthree tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar,and, if desired, half a teaspoonful ofvanilla; and, when well mixed, use as agarnish for the top of the cake. White Cake Beat half a cup and two tablespoon-fuls of butter to a cream; gradually. WHITE CAKE 40 AMERICAN COOKERY beat in two cups of sugar, then, alter-nately, one cup of cold water, two cupsand a half of sifted flour, sifted againwith two slightly rounding teaspoon-fuls of baking powder, and, lastly, thewhites of four eggs beaten dry. Bakein two pans about 7x10 inches, or theequivalent, (eighteen to twenty-five min-utes baking will be needed.) Put to-gether with boiled frosting. Nut meats,broken in pieces, may be added to thefrosting between the layers, and halfnut meats be used to embellish the top. Boiled Frosting for White Cake Melt one cup and a half of sugar inhalf a cup of boiling water; wash downthe inside of the saucepan to removegrains of sugar, cover and let boil rap-idly three minutes; remove the coverand let boil to 238° F. Pour in a finestream on the whites of two eggs beatenvery light, beating constantly when cold with half a teaspoon-ful of vanilla. Stuffed Pears, Conde Pare and cut six pears in halves; take•ou
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