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\ / I I \ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C-. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939 Of Course You Can Bake “I didn’t have good luck with my cake baking today.” You and I have both heard homemakers say just that—reason enough perhaps for our getting right down to cases today and finding out just what it is that makes for good luck—or bad luck— as the case may be in this cake baking business. Of course it really isn’t a case of luck at all, for the right proportions of the right ingredients combined in the right way and baked at the right oven temperature eliminate luck en tirely and assure baking success not sometimes but always. Information Please. Of course you own a measuring cup but have you looked at it crit ically to see whether or not it has a rim which extends above the accurate cup measure? If it has a rim, do you measure the in gredients just to this point accu rately, or clear to the top inaccu rately? Do you always sift the fiour once just before measuring? Do you use a fine granulated sugar when making cakes? There is a dif ference, you know. Do you cream the shortening and mix the cake with a beating mo tion, not a stirring motion? Do you level off the teaspoon measures of baking powder, salt or soda with a knife so as to be sure they, too, are accurate? Do you start the oven 10 to 15 minutes in advance so it will be uni formly hot before the cake is placed in it? Do you use a small, inexpensive oven thermometer for securing ac curate pven temperatures if your range has no oven heat-control? These are some of the chief fac tors, careful attention to which helps to spell success in cake baking. Try them out in the group of favorite cake recipes given below. I think you will like them and the recipes too. Lemon Cake. % cup butter 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1% cups cake flour teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt % cup milk 1 teaspoon lemon extract Cream butter and add sugar grad ually. Add well-beaten egg yolks and mix thoroughly. Mix and sift all dry ingredients and add alter nately with the milk and extract, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Fold in the beaten whites of the eggs. Bake as loaf cake in a mod erate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 35 to 40 minutes. Old Spice Wonder. Vz. cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour Vz teaspoon soda V\ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon % teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon allspice % cup sour milk % cup citron 1 cup raisins » 1 cup nut meats 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cream butter, add sugar and cream thoroughly. Add eggs (well beaten). Mix and sift together all dry ingredients, except Vx cup of flour. Add flour mixture and sour milk alternately, beginning with the flour mixture. Beat well. Flour cit ron, raisins, and nuts with the V\ cup of flour which was reserved and add to the cake mixture. Add vanil la. Bake 35 to 40 minutes in a mod erate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit), Chocolate Silver Cake. % cup butter \Vz cups granulated sugar 2% cups cake flour 3 teaspoons baking powder Vx teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 egg whites Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat well. Sift the flour, baking- powder and salt, and add alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into cake. Bake in two layers in a mod erate oven (365 degrees Fahrenheit) 25 to 30 minutes. Top with choco late butter icing. Cocoa Cake. % cup butter 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 4 tablespoons cocoa Vx teaspoon salt teaspoons baking powder V% teaspoon soda 1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cream the butter and add the sug ar slowly. Separate eggs, beat yolks and add. Sift the dry ingredients and add' alternately with the sour milk and vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold in care fully. Bake in two layers in a mod erate oven (365 degrees Fahrenheit) for 25 to 30 minutes, or as a loaf cake (at 350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 40 to 45 minutes. ' A New Chocolate Cake. 4 ounces bitter chocolate % cup butter cups granulated sugar 3 eggs 2V4 cups flour Vx teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Melt the chocolate over warm wa ter. Cream the butter and add the sugar, slowly, beating vigorous ly. Beat the yolks of the eggs until thick and add to the sugar _ and butter mixture. Add the melted chocolate and mix well. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, and add alternately with the milk and ex tract, beginning with the flour mix ture. Beat egg whites until they are stiff, and fold into cake. Bake in two eight-inch layers in a moderate oven (365 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 30 minutes. Chocolate Gingerbread. % cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 2 ounces chocolate (melted) 2 eggs 1% cups pastry flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons ginger Vx teaspoon clcwes Vx teaspoon salt Vz cup nuts (broken) % cup milk Cream the shortening and add the brown sugar very slowly, making sure all lumps are removed. Add the chocolate which has been melted over warm water, and the eggs, well beaten. Sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Add the nuts, broken in small pieces. Bake as loaf cake in a moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream. Get This New Cook Book. Of course you can bake, and Elea- por Howe has shared her secrets of successful baking, together with her best-ever set of over 125 new and different, yet practical and inexpen sive, baking recipes with you in this book. Send 10 cents in coin to Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave., ChicSgo, and get a postage prepaid copy of ‘‘Better Baking.” ........ (MPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 11 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PAUL SOLVES CHURCH PROBLEMS LESSON TEXT—I Corinthians 1:1-3, 10. 11; 4:14-21; I Thessalonians 5:12-15. GOLDEN TEXT—Only let your conversa tion be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. —Philippians 1:27. Victory over the destructive pow ers of sickness is achieved by an orderly attack of the problem. The doctor first makes a study of the condition of his patient, observing not only the outward symptoms, but the general condition of the body. He proceeds to isolate and identify the evil forces which are causing the disease, and then he is ready to apply his curative remedies and procedures. The Church is sick today even as it was in Paul’s day. We are in need of the sound advice and the effective example of ‘‘Doctor Paul” and therefore do well to apply to ourselves and to our churches the lesson of today. As we do this hon estly we may find in ourselves that which is making our own church weak and ineffective. Let us apply the cure even though the process of healing may be a painful one. I. The Condition. What’s wrong with the Church? The excerpts from the letters of Paul which make up our lesson re veal three fundamental difficulties which exist in essentially the same form today. 1. False Teachers (Gal. 3). This passage is a part of our lesson al though not included in the printed portion. It tells us of Paul’s mas terly dealing with false teachers. Erroneous teaching and the substi tution of the philosophies of men for the Word of God are respon sible for much of the trouble in the Church. It is decidedly not a mat ter of indifference what your pastor teaches, what your Sunday School lesson helps teach, and what your Sunday School teachers present to their classes. 2. Divisions (I Cor. 1:10). Some times these occur over doctrine, sometimes over church procedure, but all too often over the most in significant things. Frequently they center around personal likes and dislikes. Cliques and little closed groups have no place in the Church. Man-worship in place of the worship of God will also wreck a church. 3. Contentions (I Cor. 1:11). For some unexplainable reason the peo ple who love a fight seem to want to do their fighting in the Church. II. The Cause. The internal troubles of the Church cannot be blamed on its tes timony or on its responsibility in the world, and certainly not on its Lord. The real cause of the Church’s problems will be found in men and women who are not living as they should. 1. The Contentious (I Cor. 1:11). These are the fighters. 2. The Puffed Up (I Cor. 4:18). They have an exaggerated idea of their own importance. 3. The Disorderly (I Thess. 4:14). Unruly and erratic folk trouble the Church. 4. The Faint-Hearted (I Thess. 5: 14, R. V.). Timid and uncertain in dividuals limit and hinder God’s work. 5. The Weak (I Thess. 5:14). They are feeble in spiritual insight and power. III. The Cure. Diagnosis and location of the cause of a disease is practically use less unless a course of treatment is carried out. Consider the steps in the treatment of the sickness of the Church and then apply the remedy. 1. Remember that it is a ‘‘church of God” (I Cor. 1:2). 2. Recall and follow the true teaching of God’s Word (I Cor. 4: 17). 3. Receive grace and peace from the Father ana the Son (I Cor. 1:3). 4. Recognize thoste appointed by the Lord to be over the church as leaders and teachers (I Thess. 5:12- 16). 5. Be ashamed of ungodly mis behavior (I Cor. 4:14). 6. Deal plainly with sin and dis order (I Cor. 4:21). The knife of the surgeon may cause pain but it is often the way to healing. 7. Warn those who are unruly (I Thess. 5:14). The word of spiritual admonition is too often lacking in the church. 8. Comfort and encourage the fainthearted (I Tness. 5:14). Un regenerate man has no patience with such folk, but God does. A note of encouragement needs to be stressed in these trying days. 9. Be patient toward all men (I Thess. 5: If you feel that you must be impatient, be iriopatient with your own faults. Patience is a Christian virtue which has almost been lost in the dizzy, high-pressure age in which we live. Let us cultivate it both in the church and in the hearts of believers. Great Fortune To bo reconciled unto God, to pos sess God’s favor and friendship, to be at peace with God, is the great est fortune, bliss and happiness s human being can find on earth. AROUND THE HOUSE Preparing a Chicken for Roast ing.—Brush chicken over with ol ive oil. This makes it tender, and the flavor is improved. * * * To Clean Pewter.—Wash the ar ticles in hot water with a paste made of soft soap and powdered pumice stone. Then polish with a cloth or chamois leather. * * • Coffee Hint.—Should coffee not be freshly ground, place the re quired quantity in a pan and shake over a low heat for a moment be fore infusing. The flavor will equal that of newly bought coffee. * * * Shellacking Chairs.—A coat of clear shellac over the seats of rush-bottom chairs will greatly prolong their lives and keep the reed from splitting. • • • Fruit Stains. — Rub powdered borax on fruit stains; then pour boiling water through the fabric before washing and boiling it. * • * Hair Hint.—Lemon juice added to the rinsing water will help to preserve the color of fair hair and also make it bright and glossy. * * * Use for Newspapers.—Put a thick layer of newspapers under your carpets. Moths will then give them a wide berth, and your car pets will have the tread of a soft pile. Moreover, the layer of pa per will prevent dust working up from the floor into the floor cov ering. HCW • * SEW 4^ Ruth Wyeth Spears R. Awalls-pale tone of coiori- nuff CURTAINS AND CLUB CHAIR- STRIPED IN COLORS 1-2-3-4- VALANCE-4 DAVENPORT AND WINS CHAIR-COLOR 2 ALL SEAM BINDIN6S-4 BACKGROUND 2 <x\as/n> DOMINANT IN PATTERNl k 3 SECONDARY IN PATTERN BRIGHT ACCENT Right Colors for Curtains and Slipcovers. << PUBLIC ECONOMY (( AM for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of public revenue to the discharge of the national debt; and not for a multiplication of officers and salaries merely to make partisans, and for increasing, by every device, the pub lic debt.”—Thomas Jefferson. D EAR MRS. SPEARS: I have your Book 1—SEWING for the Home Decorator, and the di rections for slipcovers are so clear in the sketches that I have de cided to cover my living room fur niture which consists of a daven port, a club chair and a wing chair. I would like to have your suggestions for colors for these and for curtains.” With this letter there was a de tailed description of the rug in the room. It is not important that the rug color scheme be followed ex actly, but do make a little chart of the rug colors as shown here at the left. If you do not wish to repeat the background color for your walls, use a pale tone of one of the other colors. A stronger tone of any color in the rug may be come your accent color. NOTICE: Book 1—SEWING for the Home Decorator, and No. 2, Gifts, Novelties and Embroider ies, are now 15 cents each, or both books for 25 cents. Readers who have not secured their copies of these two books should send in their orders immediately, as no more copies will be available, when the present supply is ex hausted. Your choice of the QUILT LEAFLET illustrating 36 authentic patchwork stitches; or the RAG RUG LEAFLET, will be included with orders for both books for the present, but the of fer may be withdrawn at any time. Leaflets are six cents each when ordered separately. Send your order at once to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi cago, 111. ASK ME ANOTHER A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects The Questions 1. How many days in a fort night? 2. Of what country are the fol lowing the emblem: the thistle, the shamrock, the maple leaf, the lily? 3. Which is heavier, a pint of cream or a pint of milk? 4. What is a counterpane? 5. Does an electric light bulb shine or glow? 6. Are a turtle and a tortoise the same? 7. What does the title ‘‘Mona Lisa” mean? 8. How many Shetland islands are there? 9. Are passports required when flying to foreign countries? 10. Where in the Bible does it say that a woman should not •thistle? The Answers 1. Fourteen. 2. Scotland, Ireland, Canada, ance. 3. A pint of milk. The cream ats to the top of the milk. 1. A coverlet for a bed. 5. Both. Glow means to shine th intense heat. 5. Strictly speaking, turtle Bans members of the order lich live in water, and tortoise, embers which live on land. 1. Mona is an abbreviation for adonna (my lady). Lisa is a oper name. 8. There are more than a hun dred, but only one-fourth of them are inhabited. All are very small. 9. Yes. 10. There is no verse in the Bible relating to a prohibition of a wom an’s whistling. The reference may be to the old English proverb: “A whistling woman, a crowing hen is neither fit for gods nor men.” The origin is unknown. 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