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Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeats

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Make this mixture like No. 250. Lay out with bag and tube on paper, or on greased and dusted pans, in i^-inch drops, and bake in 300 degrees 38 Fahrenheit. When cold scoop out and fill with pastry cream; put two together and dip in choco- late. 313— DESDEMONAS. Fill like the Otbellos; ice with white fondant or royal icing; put on pink cheeks, with carmine, and serve one Othello and one Desdemona to- gether on one plate, to represent the two star actors in Shakespeare's drama. 314— AFRICANS. Make like the Othello's; scoop out, dip each half in chocolate, let dry and put two together filled with whipped cream. 313— BOUCHEES DES DAMES. Make smaller drops and fill with nut creams or preserves; ice in difierent colors and decorate in the manner suggested in No. 275. 316— EASTER EGGS. Lay out the cakes in half egg shape; let cool, PAUL RICHARD S BOOK 0» BREADS, CAKES, PASTRIMS, ICES AND SWEETMEATS. cakes may be decorated with royal icing and fruit; but the Scotch mode is to decorate with caraway comfits. 319— MILANESE CAKE, NO. i. 2% lbs. butter 2^ lbs. sugar 5 lbs. flour 15 or 16 eggs y% oz. ammonia The grated rind of two lemonsMilanese Cake, No. 1. Cream the butter and sugar, add flavor and work in the eggs; add the ammonia and flour; set on ice to harden, or make the day before using. Roll out into a thin sheet, cut in rings, stars, leaves or crescents; egg-wash and sprinkle with chopped almonds; bake in medium heat to a nice color. These cakes may be decorated before baking with a firm Macaroon paste, with bag and star tube; or iced with royal icing, decorated with angelica and cherries, etc. 320— MILANESE CAKE, NO. 2. 1 lb. flour % lb. butter yi lb. sugar 2 yolks 2 whole eggs 4 ozs. ground almonds scoop out and fill with lemon or orange butter, or ^^^^^^ ^ind of i lemon 2 ozs. finely chopped peelMilanese Cake, No. 2 apricot jam; put two together and ice in different colors; decorate like Easter eggs. 317— CHANTILLY BASKETS. CORBEILLE A LA CHANTILLY. Drop out high ovals; bake and let cool; scoop out the inside; ice and let dry; put on four dots of royal icing to form the feet of the basket; let dry, turn upside down on the feet; make a fancy border with different colored icings; fill the centre with sweetened whipped cream or pastry cream. The handle may be made from a strip of angelica or candied orange peel; or it may be made from royal icing, put on half around waxed tin, let dry and placed over the filling. 318— SCOTCH SHORT BREADS MIXTURE NO. i: 2 lbs. flour 6 ozs. rice flour lYz lbs. butter Yz lb. sugarScotch Short Breads. MIXTURE NO. 2. ^yi, lbs. flour 4 ozs. rice flour i lb. 4 ozs. butter 4 ozs. lard 10 ozs. sugar. MIXTURE NO. 3: I lb. flour Yz lb. butter 4 ozs. sugar Mix flour and sugar and rub in the butter; make into a paste and let stand over night. Roll out into round pieces, pinch up a scolloped edge, decorate with slices of citron, and bake in a medium beat. The short breads are improved by adding the grated rind of lemon and some yolks or whole eggs. (The old original mixtures are without eggs and flavor.) It is also best to use a very fine powdered sugar to make smooth mixture. The Mix same as No. 319 and let cool. Roll out into a square sheet about X i°ch thick. Cut with the dough wheel into two-inch strips, and then across in one-inch pieces, diamond shape. Draw a fork across and trace lines, wash with eggs, sprinkle with shredded almonds, and bake in a good heat. 321.— NEW YEAR'S CAKE. I lb. powdered sugar % lb. butter 3 eggs New Year's Cake