SWEET-MAKING CORNER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 July 1938, Page 13

SWEET-MAKING CORNER

ALMOND CREAM SWEETS Mix half a pound of well rolled icing sugar with half a pound of ground almonds in a basin. Beat the white of an egg till it is broken up. add it to the mixture, and stir to a smooth paste, using a wooden spoon first, and afterwards the hands. If the ■white of one egg is not sufficient to make the paste smooth, add a very little water. Knead the mixture on a board sprinkled with icing sugar, and cut it into portions. Parts may be coloured j pink by adding a few drops of cochineal and kneading it well in. Shape 1 the almond paste into strawberries, carrots, turnips, potatoes, apples or I flowers. If a brown shade is required : sprinkle with cocoa. Use a fork for | pricking holes where required. Leave the sweets to set for twenty-four hours j before eating them. A TONGUE TWISTER Bill had a bill board; Bill also had a board bill, the board bill bored Bill so Bill sold his bill board to pay Lis board bill. After Bill sold his bill board to pay his board bill, the board I bill no longer bored Bill.