Trinity cook book

One and one-half cups of sugar, eight tablespoons of water. Boil until it ropes well and pour over the well beaten yolks of three eggs. Beat until cool and flavor with orange. CHOCOLATE FILLING Two cups of powdered sugar, three-fourths cup of water, boil together until it forms threads, then pour on the well beaten white of one egg. Melt chocolate and beat well into the icing. LEMON CHEESE MEAT One pound of sugar, three eggs, three lemons, three small sweet cakes or lady fingers grated, one-fourth pound of butter, grated rind of two of the lemons. Put on fire and stew all together until the mixture looks like honey. ( 66 ) w . S. McClanahan, Prest. H. B. Gray, Vice Prest. W. S. McCLANAHAN & CO., Inc. GENERAL INSURANCE— LOANS Campbell Avenue, West Roanoke, Virginia Stir all the time as it sticks easily. Use for putting in layer cakes. It keeps three years if closely covered. This is an old English recipe. MARSH MALLOW FILLING Put one cup of granulated sugar and one-fourth cup of water over fire together. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then boil carefully until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water. While watching this pull apart half a pound of marshmallows, put them in double boiler with two tablespoons hot water and stir until melted. Now pour the hot syrup gradually into marshmallow mixture, beating all the while. Add teaspoon of vanilla and beat until cold. SOFT ICING Boil two cups of sugar, one-half cup of water and one-third teaspoon of cream of tartar together until it forms a thick syrup, then pour half of it very slowly over the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs, beating constantly; let the remainder of the syrup boil until it forms a good ball when tested in cold water, then pour slowly over the first part and beat until cool and thick. Flavor to taste. Put on cake very thick. CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLING Ice the top of bottom layer and bottom of next layer of cake with a chocolate fudge or other chocolate icing and on top of that on the bottom layer place a thick layer of soft white icing, place the next layer with chocolate side down when the other has set a little. Cover outside of cake with either plain or chocolate icing. CHOCOLATE FUDGE ICING Melt two ounces of chocolate over hot water, add two cups of sugar and one cup of milk, and stir while gradually heating. Beat vigorously when the boiling point is reached, then cook until the soft ball stage is reached. Add a teaspoon of butter, ( 67 ) DESSERTS " 'Tis the dessert that graces all the feast For ill end disparages the rest." FROZEN DESSERTS "Dream of a shadow! A reflection, make From the false glories of the gay reflected bow, Is a more solid thing than thou." MAPLE MOUSSE One cup maple syrup, yolks of four eggs well beaten. Cook this in double boiler until thick enough to adhere to spoon, stirring constantly. Remove from fire and beat until cool. Add this to one pint whipped cream and the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Pack in freezer with dasher removed and let stand three or four hours. — MRS. C. C. JACOBS. FIVE THREES— FRUIT SHERBET Three oranges, three lemons, three bananas, three cups of sugar, three cups of water, mix and freeze. — MISS ANNA COOPER. MINT ICE