Porcupine or Hedgehog?
Dear Aunt Daisy, I noticed a letter in your "Mailbag" column of The Listener of April 20 from "M.AS.," Westfield. She asked for a recipe for porcupine cake, saying it contained 42 lb. wine biscuits. You gave her a rich luxury cake, but I thought that perhaps what she wanted was what I call hedgehog cake. The two animals being similar it’s probably the same thing! Here is the recipe: Quarter pound butter, 14 Ib. sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, 1 egg. Stir this mixture over fire until it thickens. Crush 14 lb. wine biscuits and add to mixture, also 4% cup chopped walnuts if available. Vanilla essence to taste. Press into buttered dish about 12-inch thick. Leave to set for 24 hours and cut into fingers. If wanted in a hurry place in freezing part of refrigerator and it sets in half an hour. I find this very useful if visitors come unexpectedly as it only take a few minutes to make and is always popular. Coconut and dates can always be added
to vary it. ,
E.
M.
Wanganui.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 23
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182Porcupine or Hedgehog? New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 23
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