TENNIS CAKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 28 December 1910, Page 3

TENNIS CAKE.

Tennis and Tea are inseparable, and a good cake is appreciated by all. The following recipe for a Tennis Cake will please the patrons of the courts:—One pound of butter, one pound and a quarter of caster sugar, twelve eggs, one pound and a quarter of flour, threequarters of a pound of ground almonds, half a pound of sultanas, four'ounces of currants, four ounces of peel, four ounces of cut cherries, vanilla essence. Beatlup the butter and sugar, add the eggs two at a time, and with the last add the .essence, then stir in the flour, and last of all the fruit, peel cut fine, and the cherries; mix ali to a nice cake batter, put into a papered tin, bake in a moderate oven and, when done and cold, lay a piece of almond paste on top, and ice with fondant icing'and color desired. A nice tea to serve with this cake is the Empire Company's "Dragon" Blend, procurable from most storekeepers in this district at 2s 8d per lb. The "Dragon" blend is really delicious; it has a captivating flavor, possesses great body and a fine texture. The drinking qualities are superb, and it will please most palates. Perhaps you have never tried a tea at 2s 8d per pound. If not, just get a packet ef "Dragon" brand and note the difference. It costs but a few pence more, but the greater satisfaction and pleasure it will give you is worth pounds. PIMPLES OFF IN TWO DAYS. "My chin and one side of my face were covered with blackheads and pimples, which looked very unsightly. I tried everything I could buy, but could .not get rid of the disfigurements. I was given a tin of Rexona Ointment, which I used, and in two days was surprised to find my skin quite clean and free from any marks whatever," writes J. Brown, 64 Metropolitan:, road, Enmoie, N.S.W. Rexona, the rapid-healing ointment, is a reliable remedy for all eruptions and irritations of the skin. It is sold in triangular pots at Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at Bul-j lock aad Soitaistou's. . . . / __.