Domestic science, principles and application

2. Press the top of the cake with the finger; if it springs back into place it is done. 3. Insert a small straw in the center of the cake; if it comes out clean and dry, the cake is done. Care after Baking. — Remo\'e cake from the pan as soon as it is baked. Run a knife around the edge and invert the pan on a wire cooler or board covered with a cloth. Note. — If cake sticks to the pan, cover the bottom of the pan with a cold damp cloth for a few minutes. 1. Sponge Cake Yolks 6 eggs Whites 6 eggs 1 c. sugar Grated rind H lemon 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 c. flour 34 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. water Method. — Beat the yolks until lemon-colored and thick; add the sugar gradually, continue beating; add water, lemon juice, and rind. Fold in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Cut and fold in the flour mixed and sifted with the salt. Bake in a slow oven 1 hour in a deep, narrow pan. {Basis for 2 girls, ^ rule.) 2. Cheap Sponge Cake 1 c. sugar 1 tbsp. lemon juice 5 tbsp. cold water IM c. flour 2 eggs 2 tsp. baking powder Method. — Beat the yolks thick, add the sugar and continue beating, and then gradually add the water and lemon juice. Mix and sift the baking powder with the flour and add to the yolks. Beat the egg whites until stiff, and carefully fold into the cake mixture. Bake in an unbuttered tin in a moderate oven. The baking powder takes the place of some eggs as a leaven. 3. Angel Food Whites 1 doz. eggs H tsp. salt 13^ c. sugar 1 c. flour 1 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. vanilla Method. — Beat the whites of the eggs until frothy, add the cream of tartar, and continue beating until eggs are stiff. Sift the sugar several times and then add gradually to the beaten eggs. Sift the flour and salt four or six times; then fold into the mixture, and lastly add the vanilla. Bake in an unbuttered pan in a moderate oven for 45 to 50 minutes. 4. Sunshine Cake Whites 10 eggs 1 tsp. lemon juice 1 3^ 2 c. powdered sugar 1 c. flour Yolks of 6 eggs 1 tsp. cream of tartar Method. — Beat whites of eggs until stiff and dry, add sugar gradually and continue beating; then add the yolks beaten until thick and lemon-colored, add the extract, CAKES WITHOUT BUTTER 267 Cut in the flour sifted with the cream of tartar. Bake 50 minutes in a moderate oven in an angel cake pan. {Basis for 2 girls, \i rule.) 5. Jelly Roll 3 eggs 1 tsp. baking powder 1 c. sugar 14: tsp. salt 1 tsp. milk 1 c. flour Jelly 1 tbsp. melted butter Method. — Beat eggs until light, add the sugar gradually, and then milk, flour, salt, baking powder, and melted butter. Line a dripping pan with buttered or oil paper, turn in the mixture, spread evenly, bake 12 minutes in a moderate oven. When baked turn on a cloth covered with powdered sugar. Cut a thin strip ofi^ of sides and ends of cake, spread with jelly while still hot, and roll up cake by, means of the cloth. Keep roll in shape until cake cools. Rolling must be done quickly while cake is hot, to prevent cracking. 6. Uncooked Frosting 2 egg whites 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tbsp. water 2 c. powdered sugar