FORTUNE CAKE.
Cream 1¼ cups of sugar, ¾ cup of butter; add juice and rind of half a lemon, 2 cups of flour, stiffly beaten whites of 7 eggs, teaspoon of baking soda sifted with flour, cup of candied citron, cup of blanched almonds; drop in a heart,thimble, ring, and dime, and bake. Ice when cold.
FRIED CAKES.
Cream 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons unmelted lard; add 2 eggs, ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg, if cups sweet milk, teaspoon salt, 1 level teaspoon baking soda, 2 level teaspoons cream of tartar, flour enough to make soft dough; fry golden brown in deep, smoking fat. Sugar when cold.
ORANGE STRAWS.
Cut peel into strips after removing white membrane, soak in cold water for two hours; wipe dry. Boil two cup's of sugar with one of water until syrup threads; dip straws in this; lay on oiled paper until next day.
SALTED NUT-MEATS.
Blanch any kind of nut-meats by scalding them with boiling water, dash on cold water, then rub off brown skin; dry on cloth; mix with little olive oil; sprinkle with salt and brown in moderate oven.
POP-CORN BALLS.
Boil one pint of New Orleans molasses and three-quarters of cup of sugar until brittle when dropped in water; then pour over popped corn; mix thoroughly; press together into balls and place on buttered plate until it becomes cold. A simple prize may be placed in each.
CIDER-FLIP.
Place two quarts of sweet cider in tall pitcher; add few slices of lemon; just before serving turn in juice of three lemons; serve with straws and use thin glasses. For a cold night cider can be made hot. Cider for this must be fresh and very sweet.
