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Nice Mice Dear Aunt Daisy, We nearly all have to help get up children’s parties at holiday time, so I thought I would send you this idea for little "novelty" cakes-"Mice Cakes" I call them. Just make the ordinary meringue recipe, but shape each meringue into a "mouse" with one end pointed for the nose, and the other end thick. For the tails cut those penny liquorice strips — into fine lengths, and stick them on, and © also put wee dobs of the liquorice for eyes, and more little bits for the ears. You can have the meringue mixture white, or pale pink, or chocolatecoloured. These are lovely, and look so nice when finished. Another method: I have also seen a child’s birthday cake iced with white icing all over, and "mice" arranged all round the top with their tails dangling down around the sides of the cake. In this case, however, the mice consisted of well-cooked and drained prunes (the larger ones)-with long liquorice tails, and little dobs of cheese for eyes and ears this time, and a piece of cheese in the centre of the cake, to attract the mice. I hope the Daisy Chain will like this idea.-T.0.L. (Remuera). Splendid. The eyes could also be made with pink bits out of liquorice allsorts, or pink or silver cachous. It would be fun to put a "mouse" or two here and there on the table, too.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 184, 31 December 1942, Page 15
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241FROM THE MAIL BAG New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 184, 31 December 1942, Page 15
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