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Soda-Cakes. One pound of raisins, quarter of a pound of Lemon-Cheesecakes.- Boil the peel of two lemons in a pint moist sugar, one pound of flour, quarter of a pound of but- of water till soft, beat them in a mortar, add the yolks of ter, to be rubbed into the flour, quarter of a pound of can- six eggs, quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, and half a died peel, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, dissolved in pound of butter. Mix all together in a mortar, and add a halfa pint of new milk, (which must be lukewarm, ) and one few currants. Line patty-pans with paste, put in the mixegg; to be put into the oven immediately. Another soda, ture, and bake. seed, or currant-cake : Break down six ounces of fresh butter into one pound of fine, dry flour, and work it into small crumbs ; mix with these half a pound of sifted sugar, and FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. pour to them first a quarter of a pint of boiling milk, and FIG. 1.-WALKING-DRESS OF BLUE POPLIN.- The under-skirt next three whisked eggs ; add some lemon-rind, and eight is trimmed with one deep ruffle,headed by five narrow ones. ounces of currants, or from one to two ounces of caraway- The upper-skirt is open in front, looped up quite short at seeds, ground ; beat well together, and strew in a very small the sides, and trimmed with a deep fringe. Short, black teaspoonful of good carbonate of soda which has been well velvet casaque, with very wide sleeves, trimmed with fringe. mixed with a little white sugar ; beat all lightly for three The casaque is cut square in front. minutes, put it into a buttered mould, and bake from an FIG. II.-EVENING-DRESS OF WHITE ORGANDY.-The long hour to an hour and a quarter. Or, take a quart of flour, skirt is trimmed with one deep flounce, headed by a puffing ; and mix well with a cup of milk ; add one pound of raw this puffing has a narrow ruffle, and both it and the flounce sugar, four ounces of butter, one teaspoonful of soda, and are scalloped and edged with a straw braid. The uppertwo teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar. Mix all together skirt is open at the back, and is looped quite high each thoroughly, bake for about two hours in a hot oven (not too side with poppies, wheat, white daisies, and other field. hot) in a well-buttered tin. flowers. The top-skirt is edged with straw, like the flounce ; Excellent Breakfast-Cakes.-A teaspoonful of baking-pow- the berthe is trimmed with a fringe of straw and white silk. FIG. III.-CARRIAGE-DRESS.-The petticoat is of poppyder mixed dry, with about three-quarters of a pound of flour, a piece oflard the size of a large walnut, as much cold milk colored silk, trimmed with five flounces of the same; on as will moisten the above, which is to be mixed with a spoon each flounce is a narrow fall of black guipure lace. Rich or knife very lightly and very quickly ; roll out to half an black silk overdress, open in front, made with a very long inch in thickness, cut into cakes with the top of a dredging- { train, trimmed with a narrow ruffle, scalloped on each edge, box, and put them immediately on a hot griddle over the with a fall of black guipure lace over it. The short, upperfire. They take only a few minutes to bake, and should be skirt is a good deal puffed, and trimmed to correspond. The served immediately they are done. Mixed in the same way sleeves are half-tight, and the body has a trimming to simuan excellent cake can be made without the lard, forming it late a square neck . FIG. IV.- HOUSE-DRESS OF GREEN AND WHITE STRIPED into one cake the size of a saucer a little thicker than the SILK. The skirt is long and plain. The waist is cut low above. All to be baked on both sides. Bun Loaf.-Rub half a teaspoonful of tartaric acid, the and square on the bust, and high on the shoulders. Over same quantity of bicarbonate of soda, and one pound offlour, it is worn a white tulle fichu, edged with wide lace, and is all together through a hair-sieve ; work two ounces of butter carelessly tied in front. Tight sleeves, trimmed with three into the flour, add two ounces of loaf-sugar, a quarter of a bands of plain green silk. FIG. V.- WALKING-DRESS OF CLARET-COLORED CORDED SILK. pound of currants, (when liked, a few caraway-seeds.) Mix all these ingredients well together, make a hole in the mid- -The petticoat is plain, and edged with two rows of narrow dle of the flour, and pour in half a pint of cold, new milk, black velvet. The upper-dress and casaque are of black mixed with one egg, which should be well beaten ; mix velvet, edged with narrow bands of fur. The dress is looped up at the back ; the casaque is cut quite short at the back, quickly, put into a tin, and bake for an hour and a half. Spice- Cake.-Two and a half pounds of flour, two ponnds and long, and pointed in front. The sleeves are long and of currants, two pounds of butter, half a pound of moist pointed. FIG. VI.- HOUSE-DRESS OF TSHADES OF AMBER-COLORED sugar, half an ounce of pounded spice, four yolks and two whites of eggs, two glasses of brandy, a tablespoonful of SILK. The skirt has a deep hounce set on in large, flat boxyeast, and a little warm water. Rub the butter into th pleats. The upper trimming is made of the lighter shade, flour, mix all together, and put it before the fire to raise and is itself trimmed with the darker. A double tunic. about halfan hour. Then make it into cakes about half an Waist cut square in the neck. FIGS. VII. AND VIII.-SKATING-DRESSES.- In the first, the inch thick, or a little more, and the size of a pudding plate. skirt is of dark-blue habit-cloth, open at one side, and one Bake them not too quickly. Tea- Cakes. The following receipt for tea-cakes produces side gathered into the other, trimmed with a band of blue light and very nice results : Half peck of flour, one pound of velvet. The petticoat of Astrakan, trimmed with ermine butter, one pound of lard, one pound of sugar, caraway- tails. Coat, muff, and hat of the same. The other suit is seeds, two tablespoonfuls of yeast, eight eggs, well beaten, made of plush, trimmed with a band of satin and chenille one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. Mix well with a little fringe. Muff and hat of the same. FIG. IX.-WALKING-DRESS OF BLACK SILK, with six straight warm milk, and let it stand to raise ; bake in cakes. They ruffles on the skirt, edged with black velvet. The basque is will keep some time, and are best if eaten warm. Lemon- Cuke.- Beat six eggs, the yolks and whites sepa- a little loose. The skirt is rounded, and trimmed with a rately, till in a solid froth, add to the yolks the grated rind silk ruffle. The front and sleeves have revers of velvet. of a lemon, six ounces of sugar; beat this well for seven or Small velvet hat. eight minutes, shake in with the left hand six ounces of FIG. X.- WALKING-DRESS OF GREEN AND BLUE PLAID CASHdried flour, then add the whites of the eggs, and the juice MERE, made with a second skirt, and two capes, and trimof the lemon. When well beaten, pour into a cake-pan, and med with a bias fold of the same, and with worsted fringe. Iat of velvet, with long ostrich feather. bake nearly an hour. IN ADDITION TO THESE, we give numerous engravings of Washington Cake.-Three-quarters of a pound of butter, and the same of sugar, worked to a cream, five eggs, well new style Hats, Bonnets, Collars, Bodies, etc., etc., which, beaten, nutmeg and cinnamon, one pound of sifted flour, one however, do not need a description. GENERAL REMARKS.- Very many of the new goods are gill of wine, half a teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in one gill of cream, one pound of currants or raisins. Bake in a figured. Some silks have round, satin spots in them of the moderately quick oven. same color as the silk: others again are of different colors.
