If the whisk
Comes out dry, the cake is done. Stand the pan on a wire
sieve until the cake is partially cool. Make a glaze for the
top of the cake as follows: —
340 MRS. 8BELT"8 COOK BOOK
To make Olase for Birthday Oake
In a saucepan put one cup of granulated sugar with foni
tablespoonfuls of water. Boil ten minutes slowly, or until it
reaches a large ball. Have the white of one egg✪ Glaze for Birthday Cake whipped very
stifiF, and slowly pour the hot sugar into it, stirring oonstantly.
While hot, pour it slowly and thinly over the cake. Do net
use a knife, as it will make the surface rough. Let it dry,
which will be almost immediately. Make the foUowing icing
for decorating : —
To make loinff for Birthday <Ml%
Half a pound of^ powdered sugar, whites of two eggs, juice
of one lemon✪ Icing for Decorating. Beat the eggs for two minutes until stiff and
by degrees add the sif ted sugar, stirring ali the time with a wire
o??-beater. When ali the sugar is used, beat well for five min-
utes with a Dover egg beater, so the icing will be thoroughly
smooth. Put a fancy tube in a pastry bag and fili the bag with
the ioing. Make a paper funnel with a very small opening and
fili also with icing. With the paper funnel trace any design
you desire on the cake, commencing at the extreme edge.
Lea ve space in the centre for the initials or date. FoUow up
the paper funnel with the pastry bag and with this fili out the
design. You must work rapidly, so the tracing of icing will
not harden before the decoration is filled in. Color the
remainder of the icing pink and put on the initials or date.
Have some pink and white candied rose leaves, dip them in
sugar syrup to make them stick, and put them round the lower
edge of your cake. Before you begin to decorate the cake,
place it on a round board, a little larger than the cake, and cov-
ered with a fancy edged paper.
How to write the Initials on Birthday Oake
Reserve about one-quarter of your icing, stir in a drop of
oochineal to color it pink. Make a three-comered paper funnel,
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put in the ioing, fasten tightly. Take it in your band as you
woold a pen, and press with your thumb as you make the
letters. The size of the mark depends upon the size of the
opening in the paper funnel.
Blaok Oake for WeddixurB
(An old colonial reoeipt)
Take one pound of butter, one pound of flonr, one pound
of sugar, one pound of citron, seven pounds of rai8ins,.ten eggs,
four nutmegs, four teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, four teaspoonfuls
of cloves, two wine-glasses of wine, and two wine-glasses of
brandy. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs,
the whites and yolks of which bave been beaten separately,
then the brandy, wine, citron, and lastly the raisins. The f ruit
should be rubbed in the flour before adding. Dissolve half a
téaspoonful of soda in a part of the wine. Put the spices in
the brandy over night. Bake four hours.
Black Fruit Oake ✪ Black Cake for Weddings
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
If the whisk comes out dry, the cake is done. Stand the pan on a wire sieve until the cake is partially cool. Make a glaze for the top of the cake as follows: —
340 MRS. SEELY'S COOK BOOK
To make Glaze for Birthday Cake
In a saucepan put one cup of granulated sugar with foni tablespoonfuls of water. Boil ten minutes slowly, or until it reaches a large ball. Have the white of one egg whipped very stifiF, and slowly pour the hot sugar into it, stirring constantly. While hot, pour it slowly and thinly over the cake. Do not use a knife, as it will make the surface rough. Let it dry, which will be almost immediately. Make the foUowing icing for decorating : —
To make Icing for Birthday Cake
Half a pound of powdered sugar, whites of two eggs, juice of one lemon. Beat the eggs for two minutes until stiff and by degrees add the sif ted sugar, stirring all the time with a wire egg-beater. When all the sugar is used, beat well for five minutes with a Dover egg beater, so the icing will be thoroughly smooth. Put a fancy tube in a pastry bag and fill the bag with the icing. Make a paper funnel with a very small opening and fill also with icing. With the paper funnel trace any design you desire on the cake, commencing at the extreme edge. Lea ve space in the centre for the initials or date. FoUow up the paper funnel with the pastry bag and with this fili out the design. You must work rapidly, so the tracing of icing will not harden before the decoration is filled in. Color the remainder of the icing pink and put on the initials or date. Have some pink and white candied rose leaves, dip them in sugar syrup to make them stick, and put them round the lower edge of your cake. Before you begin to decorate the cake, place it on a round board, a little larger than the cake, and covered with a fancy edged paper.
How to write the Initials on Birthday Cake
Reserve about one-quarter of your icing, stir in a drop of cochineal to color it pink. Make a three-comered paper funnel,
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^^^^^....
CAKE8, FILLINGS, AND ICING8 841
put in the icing, fasten tightly. Take it in your band as you woold a pen, and press with your thumb as you make the letters. The size of the mark depends upon the size of the opening in the paper funnel.
Black Cake for Weddings
(An old colonial receipt)
Take one pound of butter, one pound of flour, one pound of sugar, one pound of citron, seven pounds of raisins,.ten eggs, four nutmegs, four teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, four teaspoonfuls of cloves, two wine-glasses of wine, and two wine-glasses of brandy. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs, the whites and yolks of which bave been beaten separately, then the brandy, wine, citron, and lastly the raisins. The f ruit should be rubbed in the flour before adding. Dissolve half a teaspoonful of soda in a part of the wine. Put the spices in the brandy over night. Bake four hours.
Black Fruit Cake
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