HOW TO MAKE A CAKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2138, 5 November 1885, Page 2

HOW TO MAKE A CAKE.

Smith's Cako—' Madam, you don't know how to make cake!' exclaimed Mr Smith, throwing a lump of half-cooked dough across the room at the oat, ' You never know how to make cake. I'd rather eat wet. sawdust. You ought to have seen the Pake my mother made—that was cake!' Your mother again always your mother!' .retorted Mrs Smith. 1 Pity she didn't teach you something!' * What do you mean, madam ? I'U warrant I'll make a better cake than you any day.' Why don't you try? You'll find every thing in the kitohen. Well, I can.". "Well, why don't; you ? You're all talk. Smith found himself cornered, and felt very uncomfortable, as he had either .' to surrender unconditionally or to make good his boast. He hud never made a cake in his life, had no idea how cakes were compounded, but thought he knew what was in them. ' I'll make cake,' he said, ' Well, come into the kitchen and make it,' proposed hia wife, ' What, now?' 'Yes, now. I'll get the things for you,' Smith took off his coat, his collar, and his neoktie, and rolled up his, shut-sleeves, They walked to the kitchen together, and .Smith said, " What shall I mix it in?' ' Oh, you're doing it ?' Mi's Smith replied. 1 Ah, this will do I' he said, taking up a bowl, 'Now bring mo some hot water; now some raisins and currants, sugar, gingor, and allspice. There—that will do 1' He put them all into the bowl and mixed them with a spoon, 'They don't seem to stick together, lie said, Looks more like a thick soup than anything else. Fancy I've got too much water.' Smith drained off some of the water, and was about to put the cake into the pan, when his \v\fe said, 'Didn't, your mother uss 'Oh, yes—yes-ah, yes—%\*r, ofcourse '• Then he mixed in flour until it was so, stilt' that ho c,Quli hardly knead it. 'Now, said he, 'l'll take this' cat;e round to the basev's and have -\t baked properly.' He started off; and when he reached the baker's, he fta'id. ' Will you jußt throw this stuff away, and put m its place one of you? hesfc pluni-.ca,kes?' Tonight supper Mrs, Smith had her mpther and sister with her. She had told them of the cake, and they were oxpectinc; great fun at Smith's ex,, pense, The cake did not come until supper time, Smith took it from the boy and said, 'This ifjmy cake—some--thing like a cake [' 'Here's a note it\ the paper,' said Mrs, Smith;' I read it'-. 1 Dear Sir—l am sorry we are all out of plum-cake, so I send a pjund-cake instead,—Yours obediently, S, Brown, baker.'