Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1916 — DESSERT OF MERIT [ARTICLE]

DESSERT OF MERIT

CH/RLOTTEB EABY TO MARE AND WILL BE LIKED.

Bponge Cake the Foundation of Delicacy That Is Worthy of a Place on Every Luncheon or Tea Table.

..Charlottes are easily made, and as they cans be varied widely, they are worth serving often. The foundation of a charlotte is a case of sponge cake filled with whipped cream. Lady fingers or small sponge cakes cut in two, or slices of sponge cake cut In narrow strips, can be used for the case. The sponge cake, in whatever form, can be placed as a lining to a glass dessert dish, or It can be placed in Individual dessert glasses. Lady fingers can be split and piled log-cabin fashion and the cream put into them. Or the sponge cake can be put around the sides and bottom of a mold and held In place with a tittle liquid gelatin. When the gelatin hardens the cream is put in. This combining gelatin and sponge cake and whipped cream leads to much variety. Lemon, orange, wine and grape-juice jelly are delicious used in this way. As for the charlotte filling of whipped cream, that, too, can be varied. Stiff egg whites can be folded into whipped cream to increase the bulk and make the baixture lighter if desired. The cream should not be sweetened too highly. It can be flavored simply with vanilla. Candled fruits can be cut into tiny shreds and mixed in the whipped cream. Orange pulp cut into bits can be mixed with sweetened whipped cream. Stewed figs can be cut into small bits and mixed with the filling for a charlotte. Fresh berries of any sort almost, especially strawberries and red raspperries, can- be mixed into the cream for a charlotte russe. A big sponge cake can be hollowed out inside and the charlotte filling Many desserts have interesting histories. This is one of them. But nobody is sure of its history. The French claim Jfiat Charlotte de Medici either originated this dessert or that it was named for her, and t£e English say it is a namesake of Charlotte, queen of George lIL