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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-11-15, Page 49How to bake a cake Turn on oven. Clean counter top of trucks, soldiers and tinker toys. Grease cake pan. 'Chop walnuts. • Put shortening and sugar into bowl. Take shortening from Johnny. Wash his hands. Measure dry ingredients into sifter. Answer, phone.. Return to kitchen, newly decorated with white dust. Wipe up counter. Sweep floor. Remeasu' re flour. Remove Johnny's hands from bowl. Wash his hands. Wash your hands. Answer doorbell. Remove two pounds of sugar from pans. Regrease pan. Answer phone. Return to kitchen. Pick up sifter, find it also contains chopped walnuts. . Make grab for Johnny, knocking bowl off counter. Pick up broken pieces of bowl. Wash kitchen floor, walls, cupboard doors, counter top, dishes, Johnny. Telephone bake shop. Lie down. Yule Log Cake YULE LOG CAKE 5 eggs 2 tbsp. cocoa 1/2 cup Icing sugar 1 pint whipping cream 2 tbsp. flour Separate eggs beat the yolks till thick and add sifted icing sugar. Continue beating till well blended and add cocoa and four sifted together. Beat egg whites till stiff but not dry, add to the egg yolk mixture and beat hard 4 minutes. Pour into a shallow pan (jelly roll pan) lined with wax Dauer. Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes. Turn out on a cloth sprinkled with icing sugar allow to cool. Whip cream sweeten to taste. Keep 4 tbsp. of whip cream for icing, spread the rest on the cake and roll up like a jelly roll. To the remaining cream add cocoa and icing sugar to spreading consistancy. Ice the log cake. Draw lines with a fork to look like a log and decorate wit little pieces fo holly etc. for Christmas. Barbara Consitt ALMOND CUP CAKES 1'/2 cup flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs 1/3 cup melted butter 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds Stir flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together. Beat together the milk, eggs and melted butter. Add to dry ingredients and beat 1 minnte - low speed of electric mixer. Add vanilla and chopped almonds; beat 1 more minute. Pour into greased muffin pans and bake at 350°F. 20 to 25 minutes. When cool, frost as desired and top with coars ely chopped almonds, toasted or plain. Veld 11/2 dozen medium- size cupcakes. JEWISH - CHEESE CAKE Craham Cracker Crust 11/4 cup graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup melted butter mix well, pat into bottom and sides of 9 x 9 square. cake pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes. FILLING 2. 8 oz. pkgs cream cheese. 3/4 cup sugar (white) 1 cup sour cream 1 tbsp. flour 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla Method: Beat cream cheese well, add eggs one at a time - continue beating 10 mins. in all while adding remaining ingredients. Pour into' graham crust. Bake at 300• degrees for 1 hour. Top with any pie filler - but cherry and apple is "great" topped with whip cream. Audrey Westlake Trenton Christmas Cookbook Page 47 Sheila Regier R.R.3, Zurich s. t. a Id ce ill it. Y