CHILDREN’S PARTIES

Taranaki Central Press, 19 April 1937, Page 3

CHILDREN’S PARTIES

Gingerbread “Men.” When ©altering for Rhe children’s party the lightest and plainest of fare should be chosen, advises a London writer. The simplest food, however, can be made attractive to children if it represents something. Milk and fruit jellies set in animal moulds, a ship or a house that is really a cake, fruit to represent boats with waver-biscuit sails, gingerbread ’men,” biscuits 1 cut into animal shapes, will help to make the tea as interesting as the games and presents. For “the wood,” on a perfectly clean tray with a glass top, pour enough chocolate blancmange to cover. Before it is get arrange the ‘properties,” which are mostly edible. A clump of mushrooms should be placed in one corner. These consist of small rounds of sponge cake covered with almond paste, which should be marked with a fork underleath and dusted with chocolate powder. The almond paste stalks are fastened on with a little jam or white >f egg. Rabbits and other animals are made in small animal moulds :rom milk jelly or blancmange. Logs ire made from chocoate swiss roll piped with chocolate icing. Birds can be of chocolate, or Christmas cake decorations can be used. Gnomes can be made of gingerbread, with currant a for eyes and nose, fnow paths made of meringue (white if egg and icing sugar) can traverse the clearing, and a dusting of icing sugar will complete the scene.