FAMILY CAKES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10133, 6 December 1910, Page 4

FAMILY CAKES.

Here, are the recipes for two good family cakes .v- fe . FAIVMLY SEED CAEE.-Inered-lents: Quarter pound' flour, three ounces sugar, three ounces butter {.three eggs, one teaspoonful baking | powder, two ounces caraway seeds Rub the butter into the flour and add the carraway seeds, and add to the; flour, stirring in the baking powder at the last. Line the cake tin with greased paper, pour in the ' mixture and bake for three quarters of an hour in a Quick oven. I For a GOOD FAMILY CAKE:Mix one teaspoonful of baking powder with one pound of flour, then add six 'ounces -of currents, six ounces of stoned raisins and one ounce of chopped peel. Cream two ounces of lard and two ounces of butter with six ounces of castor sugar, beat the yokes of three eggs and add to the butter and sugar, then stir in the dry ingredients, and beat well, andat last stir in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Put into a greased tin and bake for one hour and a half or two hours. A good family tea to serve at all times is the New Crescent Blend at 2s per lb, and which can he obtained from practically every grocer in." the district. The ten is verv rich Aadj strong, f co^se^juentlv-~it'is" not ', "iiAeeee;rry :to"u*o'so much "of it as\of other tens. The flavour is very agree- ■ able' and iiever changes. "It is the sanie to-day as it was yesterday, at it will be n yoar hence. Tt is a wellJamily ten.*

■ Several cases of whooping cough are under treatment in Masterton ■at the present time. John Cyril Weller, bookmaker and billiard-room proprietor, of Foxton, who is not unknown in Masterton, was fined £lO yesterday for betting with.an infant, and £lO for laying totalisator odds. "Spot Cash" wants to purchase cows in profit, and would like.particulars of any for sale sent to the Age office. A pictorial calendar for 1911 is being issued by the Ocean Accident Insurance Company, for whom Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. are the agents. Public notice is given that the , sole use of the Masterton Public has been granted to the Wai- ' farapa Caledonian Society on New Year's Day next, with right to charge for admission. Mr Hayward, the ladies' tailor, of Lambton* Quay, "Wellington, has a replace advertisement in relation to •the arrival of Brussells net and lace robes direct from jl aris, Mr T. Petersen, dyer and cleaner, of Queen Street, Masterton, intimates that the present is the best time for having suits and costumes cleaned and pressed to look like new, all the work being done by experienced workmen. Public notice is given that the sole use of the Masterton Public Park, with right to charge for admission on Anniversary Day, has been granted to, the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club.

The New Roslyn Writing Pad (copyrighted) will be in the hands of drapers and storekeepers for sale next week. This is a very unique pad; on the outer cover is an artistic sketch of New Zealand's wonderland, Rotorua, togetner with a drawing of a very fascinating Maori maiden. The presence of this reyCarkable pad in every home is most desirable, not only for its utility as :i writing convenience, but more particularly as aiv object lesson of cheer-, fulness and refined contentment. * .

Mr M. Laracy, General Organising secretary of the N.Z. Shearers' and Wool-shed Employees' Association, states that Mr Abbott nas resigned the position of secretary to the Wellington branch ' of the Shearers' Union, but has accepted, and been appointed, to the position of organiser to travel in the Wellington district. The organisers had all reported good progress up to the presr ent, and they expected to increase the membership considerably. Mr who has been in town attending the meeting, would return to-day to continue the work organising in the Poverty Bay district. Mr B. Hawkins, the Maori or- , ganiser, will proceed to Hawke's Bay at the end of the week. Mr Laracy anticipates that before the end of the shearing season the membership. , <>f the Federation in New Zealand will have been increased by some two thousand, including a large percentage of natives. The curtailment of expenses at the extraordinary conference has, according to Mr Laracy, met with the general approval of members throughout the Dominv* ion.