Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1917 — Pear Delight. [ARTICLE]

Pear Delight.

Make a square cake with following recipe: Break four eggs into a bowl, add six tablespoonfuls of sugar and beat for 15 minutes over another bowl of boiling water. Remove from water and beat until the mixture is cold and thick; remove beater, sift in threefourths cupful of flour, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder; mix carefully, add one teaspoonful of vanilla extract, a few drops of red color, and six tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Pour Into a square, greased and papered tin and bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes. Turn out and remove the paper. Cool, spread over with whipped and sweetened cream flavored with one-half teaspoonful of almond extract, sprinkle over with pink coconut and put halves of stewed or canned pears on the top with a star of whipped cream in the center of each.