1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,839 Christmas cakes. As the holidays draw near again, the busy housewife begins to 2 00:00:05,919 --> 00:00:10,720 turn her thoughts toward Christmas. Sweets and goodies for Christmas would not be complete 3 00:00:10,759 --> 00:00:15,679 for the kiddies without the usual cakes and candies which mother is sure to prepare. 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,800 What kind of cake shall we have this year? This question is being 5 00:00:19,839 --> 00:00:23,719 asked in many homes, and the answer to it may be found in part, 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,399 at least in the suggestions that follow. There are several new cake recipes 7 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:33,960 and two attractive and unusual designs for decorating Christmas cakes, which will make an 8 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:39,439 especial appeal to the little ones. The orange marmalade cake that follows is delicious 9 00:00:39,759 --> 00:00:44,000 and has the advantage of keeping well. In fact, it improves with age, 10 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:47,479 just as the fruitcake does. This cake may be made a week or 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:53,119 more before Christmas and frosted on all sides with brown sugar frosting. The marmalade 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,520 keeps the cake moist and fresh, and it will remain so for some time 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:03,719 even after it is cut. Orange marmalade cake one third cup butter or one 14 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:07,599 quarter cup vegetable fat, one cup sugar, two eggs, one half cup 15 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:12,719 milk, one cup orange marmalade one in three quarter cup sifted flour, three 16 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:19,079 teaspoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoonful cinnamon, cream the butter, add the sugar 17 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:25,120 gradually, and eggs well beaten. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add 18 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,640 alternately with the milk. Add orange marmalade, and bake in a loaf pan. 19 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:34,799 This cake requires a moderate oven and should be baked about fifty minutes. 20 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:38,920 Frost with brown sugar frosting, and wrap in paraffin paper if the cake is 21 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:44,120 to be kept any length of time. Eggs are scarce in the winter months, 22 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:49,400 and this recipe for eggless fruitcake should make a strong appeal. Fruitcake without 23 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:55,120 eggs. One cup sour milk, one cup sugar, two cups flour, 24 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,400 one half teaspoonful salt, one half teaspoonful cinnamon, one half teaspoonful cloves, 25 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:07,879 one half teaspoonful nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls soda, one half cup raisins, one 26 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:13,719 half cup sliced citron, four tablespoonfuls melted butter. Add the sugar to the 27 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,080 sour milk, Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add gradually. Add fruit 28 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:23,879 and melted butter last be well. Bake in a slow oven for one hour. 29 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:29,360 Dates or figs may be substituted for one half the citron or other combinations 30 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,639 of fruit made instead. Four minute fruit cake. Two thirds cups soft butter 31 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:39,159 or chicken fat, two and a half cups brown sugar, four eggs, 32 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,520 one cup milk, three and a half cups sifted flour, two tablespoonfuls cocoa, 33 00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:51,680 one half teaspoonful mace, one teaspoonful cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls baking powder. 34 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:57,039 One half pound raisins, one quarter pound stoned dates, cut fine, one 35 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,759 quarter pound currants. Put all the ingredients in to a bowl together and beat 36 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,960 vigorously with a wooden spoon for four minutes. Bake in loaf pans for forty 37 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 five minutes. This is a very satisfactory fruit cake and a great timesaver. 38 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:19,560 Orange jelatin cake baked sponge cake in deep round layer cake pans. Mold orange 39 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:23,400 jelly in the same pans which have first been moistened with cold water. Have 40 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,000 one layer of the jelly to every two layers of the cake. When the 41 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,879 jelly is firm, dip the pan for a second in hot water, then 42 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,680 place one of the sponge cake layers on top of the jelly, and on 43 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:38,960 top of this, place a large cake plate upside down. Hold the three 44 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,400 firmly together and turn the plate over so that the cake will rest on it 45 00:03:44,719 --> 00:03:47,560 and the jelly will turn out from the mold on top. Now, place 46 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:53,280 another layer of sponge cake on top of the jelly and frost with orange frosting. 47 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,520 Milk chocolate frosting makes a nice change for Christmas cakes and is always a 48 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:03,520 favorite with children since it produces quite a different flavor from ordinary chocolate frosting. 49 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:10,879 Milk chocolate frosting one cup sugar, one half cup boiling water, whites of 50 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,439 two eggs, one teaspoonful lemon juice, one large cake milk chocolate which has 51 00:04:15,519 --> 00:04:20,319 been melted over hot water. Put sugar and water into a saucepan, Stir 52 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:25,439 until it boils, and then boil without stirring, until the syrup will spin 53 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,040 a thread when dropped from a fork. Remove from fire and pour slowly over 54 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:33,439 the whites of eggs that have been beaten until stiff. Beat until thick enough 55 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,399 to spread. Spread this frosting on the cake, and when dry, cover 56 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,480 it with milk chocolate, which has been melted over hot water. The water 57 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:46,279 under the chocolate must be considerably below the boiling point. The chocolate will make 58 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:51,120 a thick coating over the white frosting and will dry quickly. Another use for 59 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:58,199 milk chocolate in making Christmas sweets may be found in substituting it for confectioner's chocolate 60 00:04:58,519 --> 00:05:03,480 when dipping bonbons. Try dipping white and pink marshmallows in melted milk chocolate and 61 00:05:03,519 --> 00:05:09,319 allowing them to dry on paraffin paper. One could hardly find a more simple 62 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,319 form of candy for the kiddies than this, and yet they resemble the rich 63 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:19,199 French candies in appearance. Decorating Christmas cakes, the attractive appearance of the Christmas 64 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:25,600 cakes is of prime importance, and children especially are interested in fancy decorations. 65 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,839 The cake illustrated on page three hundred fifty nine is baked in a pan made 66 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,240 to represent a Christmas star. These six pointed star cake pans may be purchased 67 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:41,319 at any ten cent store. The cake is frosted with white frosting and decorated 68 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,000 with tiny red candies. The candies outline the star and are put on just 69 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:49,560 as the frosting begins to dry, A pair of tweezers will be found convenient 70 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:55,439 for handling the candies. The top of the cake is decorated with candies and 71 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:00,519 with some of the frosting forced through pastry tubes in various fancy sh shapes. 72 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,959 A sprig of evergreen completes this very attractive Christmas cake. The cake on page 73 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,759 three hundred sixty, made to represent a snow covered house, is quite suitable 74 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,720 for a children's Christmas party. The little house is worked out in considerable detail, 75 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,680 even to the chimney for Santa Claus. The cake is made in two 76 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,920 sections and is baked in two bread pans. When the cake is cold, 77 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,720 cut the top from one of the loaves so that an even rectangular piece is 78 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,519 formed with a flat surface on top. This is the body of the house. 79 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,160 The roof is made by cutting the other loaf to form the sloping sides 80 00:06:38,399 --> 00:06:42,639 as shown in the illustration. Place the roof on top of the body and 81 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,560 secure with several toothpicks so there will be no danger of slipping. The cake 82 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:50,879 left over after cutting the roof may be kept and served with a hot sauce 83 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:55,519 for a dessert. The chimney of the house is made from a piece of 84 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,680 stale bread. Cut the chimney the correct shape with the sharp knife, and 85 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,959 then oust the bread lightly to give it firmness. Secure this chimney to one 86 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:08,759 end of the house with toothpicks. The entire cake may now be frosted with 87 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:14,639 white frosting. Just before the frosting begins to dry, sprinkle coarse granulated sugar 88 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,120 over the sides of the roof to represent snow. This will glisten and give 89 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:24,600 a very attractive appearance. The door and windows are outlined with angelica cut into 90 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:29,079 thin strips. The lower edge of the roof is also outlined with angelica, 91 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:32,439 and the door knob made from a tiny red candy. If one wishes to 92 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:38,360 make it even more realistic, the chimney may be frosted with red frosting made 93 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:43,399 by the addition of vegetable coloring to white frosting. A small figure of Santa 94 00:07:43,399 --> 00:07:46,399 Claus, either standing near the base of the chimney or on the roof, 95 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:53,160 would give an added touch to the cake and of Christmas cakes.