Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1913 — EXCELLENT FOR THE DESSERT [ARTICLE]

EXCELLENT FOR THE DESSERT

-tittle Better Can Be Devised Than the Two Recipes That Are Given Below.

President’s Fruit Cake. —This recipe must be measured exactly. Two cups of flour, one cup of sugar, two teaspoons of soda, a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, one-half grated nutmeg, three tablespoons chocolate, one tablespoon cornstarch; sift twice. Mix one cup walnuts with one cup seeded raisins (chopped raisins), add both to dry ingredients; one-half cup melted butter, one and a half cups cold unsweetened apple sauce. Bake one hour in ■slow oven. Frosting.—On teaspoon melted butter, one cup powdered sugar, two tablespoons sweet milk. Stir to desired stiffness and spread on cake. Divinity Fudge.—Three cups sugar, one cup corn sirup, one-quarter cup water. Cook until it cracks. When cooled in water, set aside. One-half cup sugar, one-quarter cup water.. Cook until it hairs. Whites of three eggs beaten to a siff froth; pour last of sirup over beaten whites and beat constantly, then rdd first sirup; beat abqjit 15 minutes and add a cup of nuts.