HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

Putaruru Press, 5 January 1928, Page 5

HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

It is not everyone who likes iced poor dears warm for perhaps fifty which are more wholesome for small children than rich plum cakes, do not lend themselves to elaborate decoratoo everyday for the Christmas teation, yet the plain cake looks rather table. Therefore the idea of making a detachable decoration over the top of an un-iced cake which is given here is excellent. A strip of stout white paper or parchment is cut long enough to lit loosely round the cake, and as wide as the height of the cake, and joined in a ring. A piece of white crepe paper, the same length but much wider, is pasted to the ring of parchment, drawn in over the top of the cake (as shown in the illustration) and tied in the middle with a bit of bright ribbon, its gathered end forming a handle to lift the cover off when the cake is to be cut. The cover can then be adorned in many fanciful ways —with garlands of evergreens as in the photograph, attached by a stitch here and there, or if it is a large cake, with “midget’’ crackers set round at regular intervals. There is more scope in icing a cake, as one is not limited to what is edible. Also this “icing” has the advantage that it can be replaced after the cake has been cut into, and be as fresh as ever for the next occasion. TO REMOVE SUN FRECKLES Those who freckle with being in t.he sun will appreciate the recipe given here: Take one ounce of lemon juice, a quarter of a drachm of powdered borax, and half-a-drahm of sugar; mix, and let them stand a few days in a glass bottle till the liquor is fit for use, then rub it on the hands and face occasionally. SPICED BEETROOT Drain and cut two cooked beetroots into slices while hot. Put loz. of butter, 2 tablespoonsful of vinegar, half a gill of water, half a teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of paprika and half a saltspoonful of mustard, with a small pinch of powdered cloves into a pan, bring to the boil and pour over the beetroot. Serve hot.