B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1960
For the
Farm Wife and Family
Springtime Desserts
by Mrs. Richard C. Spence
Springtime is a joyous season—a most happy time that
boasts so many delightful occasions. There’s Mother’s Day
and Father’s Day, Junior’s long awaited graduation day,
the blissful event of some bride or mother-to-be and, of
course, someone you love is having a birthday.
To fete each of these glori
ous times, we suggest a
homemade cake, the old-fash
ioned kind, feathery light
with moist, tender crumb
that simply melts in your
mouth.
Though you’re sure to have
a favorite cake recipe that’s
been family tried and tested,
we believe you’re always in
terested in a new recipe or
two—that just might become
your favorite.
FROSTING YOUR CAKE
.—We should like to share
with you some of the heipful
hints that have proved so
useful in frosting cakes. Be
fore frosting, cakes should
be cooled on wire racks
which eliminate moisture
and soggy bottoms. As you
know, the top of the cake is
the most tender part and
Will stick to a wire cake
rack cooler. To prevent this,
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it is best to turn cake from
pan, flip it from one rack to
another so that it may cool
top side up. You’ll find three
cake racks handy for prepar
ing a two layer cake. When
cakes afe, cool, .remove the
crumbs with a small pastry
brush. To catch excess jfrost
ing and keep cake plate
clean, place four strips of
waxed paper about 3 inches
wide on plate, before putting
on first layer. You can pull
out waxed paper when dec
orating is completed.
For a two layer cake, you
will be able to match layers
more easily and have a more
evenly iced cake, if you
p’ace together the bottoms of
each layer Spread filling or
frosting on bottom layer and
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place second layer on top. If
necessary, use wooden picks
to prevent layers from skid
ing. Begin by spreading a
thin layer of frosting over
sides of cake, repeat with a
second but thicker layer;
work quickly to finish before
‘frosting dries.
For attractive sides, spread
frosting from bottom to top
in even, well-spaced strokes,
keeping frosting as straight
up and down as possible. The
top of the cake may be left
simple or swept into fancy
frills by using simple kitch
en equipment like knife, fork
or spoon.
To make an intriguing pat
tern in the frosting, lightly
draw a knife or fork across
top of cake, working toward
you in parallel'dines. Cross
these lines with other parel
lel lines—at right angles for
a square cake and about 30
degree angles for a round
cake. You can make a gay
wavy pattern with a tea
teaspoon. Lightly push the
tip of the spoon into the soft
frosting; repeat keeping
spoon marks in a straight
line and withdrawing quick
ly to keep lines sharp.
A cake decorating set
gives truly professional look
to the simplest cake. If you
haven’t already used one,
you’ll enjoy the experience.
A set consists of a bag or
gun and assorted decorating
tubes. As in all things prac
tice makes perfect, start with
the simple designs first, fol
lowing instructions with
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frosting from hardening in
the bowl by covering with a
damp cloth. It's best to clean Butter and lightly fl QUt
tubes as you work, holding ring mold; set
them under a stream of wa- side. Cream butter and su t
ter and using a small brush a r until light and fluffy
for the final scrubbing. eggs all at once and beat for
three minutes. (If using /
There’s no limit to the electric mixer, use medim
variety of colors you can speed) Add vanilla and l e ,
blend with just a drop or so on rind. Sift flour and bal
of pure food coloring. For ing powder together and ad
colorful fun tint creamy alternately with milk 1
icing to please the person creamed mixture. Pour bat
you are honoring And for ter into ring mold Bake 35
holidays and special occas- 40 minutes in a 325 degr f
ions, color the cake in keep- oven. Cool 10 minutes 5,
ing with the day. A basic move from ring mo’d o nt;
frosting can be varied in cake rack and cool complex
flavor, too. Simply add citrus ly. Slice ring into two lay
almond, peppermint or map- ers. Spread one-half 0 j
le flavored extracts, choco- Orange Butter icing on cu j
late or peppermnit candies, surface of both layers Ar
etc. to taste. range 1 cup of sliced sir?
INVESTMENTS
your set. Here are two cake rec|
Flowers can become sim- featuring strawberries
pleple to make. Make them delightful first fruit of *.
separately on cardboard, season.
cover and allow to harden in STRAWBERRY
refrigerator. Then they can POUNDCAKE Rinq
be easily lifted with a small % Cu P butter (IVa
spatula and arranged on top 1 CU P sugar '
of cake. Use the leaf tube 4 eggs
to fill in with decorative % teaspoon vanilla
frosted leaves.
You’ll find it helpful to
make the flowers first, refrig-
erate until cake is baked and
ready to be frosted. Prevent
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