One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, two eggs well
beaten, two teaspoons of baking powder sifted with two cups of flour.
(Should be about the stiffness of pound cake and may require a little more
flour, depending on the brand of flour used.) Dissolve one-half cake of
chocolate✪ Chocolate Pudding, mix all together, pour into a mold and steam for two hours.
Sauce for Chocolate Pudding: Beat together one whole egg and two
yolks, adding one-half cup of sugar, a pinch of salt and a half cup of any
fruit juice. Cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly until creamy. When
cold add a teaspoon of lemon juice, and a half cup of whipped cream and
set on ice until ready to serve.
HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING
One-half pint of milk, two eggs, one tablespoon of lard, flour enough
to make a stiff batter, one cup of berries✪ Huckleberry Pudding. Pour in bag, do not tie tightly
so as to allow for swelling. Boil one hour. Serve with hard sauce.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Lump of butter size of walnut, melt in teacup, break in one egg and
finish filling cup with sweet milk. Then in a pan put one cup of flour, one cup
of sugar and one teaspoon of baking powder✪ Strawberry Shortcake, put in contents of teacup and
stir all together, flavor with vanilla and bake in two round layer-cake pans.
Put together with sweetened strawberries and pile berries on top. Serve
with whipped cream. This makes two thin layers; double the quantity if
desired thicker.
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ORANGE SHORTCAKE
Cream together one cup of sugar and one tablespoon of butter, the well-
beaten yolks of three eggs and one cup of milk; two cups of sifted flour and
large teaspoon of baking powder✪ Orange Shortcake which have been sifted together three times.
Bake in stove pan in quick oven. When nearly cold split with warm knife
and put a thick layer of two chopped oranges well sweetened between;
cover top with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with orange juice.
Use grated rind of one orange, part with oranges and part in cream. Serves
six persons.
INDIVIDUAL SHORTCAKES WITH MARSH MALLOW SAUCE
Sift together three times, one cup and a half of sifted pastry flour, half
a cup of corn starch, a teaspoon of salt and five level teaspoons of baking
powder. With the tips of the fingers work in one-fourth of a cup of short-
ening, then add a little at a time, nearly one cup of milk✪ Individual Shortcakes with Marshmallow Sauce, and mix to a dough.
Turn onto a floured board, knead slightly, roll into a sheet half an inch
thick. Cut with a round cutter about three inches in diameter (the cover
of a one pound baking powder can will answer the purpose). Bake in a hot
oven about twenty minutes. Split the cakes with a warm knife and butter
the halves. Set the lower half on an individual plate, cover with sweetened
strawberries or red raspberries. Set the upper half in place and surround
the whole with sweetened berries. Put hot marshmallow sauce of whipped
cream on top.
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CREAMY SHERRY SAUCE
Cream one-half cupful of butter with one cupful of brown sugar. Add
two eggs, beaten separately, then add one-half cupful of boiling water.
Flavor with sherry wine.
LEMON SAUCE
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, two eggs well beaten, two teaspoons of baking powder sifted with two cups of flour. (Should be about the stiffness of pound cake and may require a little more flour, depending on the brand of flour used.) Dissolve one-half cake of chocolate, mix all together, pour into a mold and steam for two hours.
Sauce for Chocolate Pudding: Beat together one whole egg and two yolks, adding one-half cup of sugar, a pinch of salt and a half cup of any fruit juice. Cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly until creamy. When cold add a teaspoon of lemon juice, and a half cup of whipped cream and set on ice until ready to serve.
HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING
One-half pint of milk, two eggs, one tablespoon of lard, flour enough to make a stiff batter, one cup of berries. Pour in bag, do not tie tightly so as to allow for swelling. Boil one hour. Serve with hard sauce.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Lump of butter size of walnut, melt in teacup, break in one egg and finish filling cup with sweet milk. Then in a pan put one cup of flour, one cup of sugar and one teaspoon of baking powder, put in contents of teacup and stir all together, flavor with vanilla and bake in two round layer-cake pans. Put together with sweetened strawberries and pile berries on top. Serve with whipped cream. This makes two thin layers; double the quantity if desired thicker.
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ORANGE SHORTCAKE
Cream together one cup of sugar and one tablespoon of butter, the wellbeaten yolks of three eggs and one cup of milk; two cups of sifted flour and large teaspoon of baking powder which have been sifted together three times. Bake in stove pan in quick oven. When nearly cold split with warm knife and put a thick layer of two chopped oranges well sweetened between; cover top with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with orange juice. Use grated rind of one orange, part with oranges and part in cream. Serves six persons.
INDIVIDUAL SHORTCAKES WITH MARSH MALLOW SAUCE
Sift together three times, one cup and a half of sifted pastry flour, half a cup of corn starch, a teaspoon of salt and five level teaspoons of baking powder. With the tips of the fingers work in one-fourth of a cup of shortening, then add a little at a time, nearly one cup of milk, and mix to a dough. Turn onto a floured board, knead slightly, roll into a sheet half an inch thick. Cut with a round cutter about three inches in diameter (the cover of a one pound baking powder can will answer the purpose). Bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Split the cakes with a warm knife and butter the halves. Set the lower half on an individual plate, cover with sweetened strawberries or red raspberries. Set the upper half in place and surround the whole with sweetened berries. Put hot marshmallow sauce of whipped cream on top.
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ECONOMYS BROS. AND GO.
24 West Campbell Avenue
SAUCES
CREAMY SHERRY SAUCE
Cream one-half cupful of butter with one cupful of brown sugar. Add two eggs, beaten separately, then add one-half cupful of boiling water. Flavor with sherry wine.
LEMON SAUCE
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