Cakes for Overseas
A Link wrote in, saying that the cakes she was sending overseas were found to be slightly mouldy. We wondered if it would be satisfactory to cut off the mouldy bits, re-heat the cakes through so as to kill all the mould spores, and then pour over a little brandy. She should then be able to repack the cakes in the tins, to send away. The original mistake she made was in letting the cakes cool and stay in the tins. They should have been turned out, and when packing the parcel, wrapped in paper, and put back in the tins. However, as a result of this little discussion, a kind Link in Seatoun, Wellington, sent us her tried methods of preparing cakes | for overseas. Dear Aunt Daisy, As usual I am in a hurry, but I feel I would like to give my opinion on the problem of the cakes for overseas. It certainly is a calamity of the highest order to cook five cakes, and then find they are going mouldy, but it could have been worse, had they arrived in England in that condition. To my mind, it is simply wasting postage to send them, because food must be in good order to | come through the tropics. Once mould sets in, it is a tall order to eliminate it. The trouble was in leaving them in the tins to sweat. They should have been taken out and the tins treated by sterilising in the oven, and then lined with fresh paper and the cake packed just before sending. Another point to note is this. If any spirit is to be put on the cake after it is cooked, it must be poured on as soon the cake leaves the oven, and while it is still in the tin. You can hear it sizzling. The heat of the cake does that, but it is a mistake to put spirits on a cake that has been cooked some time, It must be done immediately it leaves the oven.’I wish I could be more cheerful and tell this Link to go ahead and send them Home; but I know from experience that food must be 100 per -cent. to stand up to the journey; so please be advised and don’t send them. The parts that are free from mould can be used in puddings. With every good wish. "Isa." Thank you,very much, Isa. -_
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 385, 8 November 1946, Page 27
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406Cakes for Overseas New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 385, 8 November 1946, Page 27
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