DAINTY CAKES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 5

DAINTY CAKES.

Sponge Fingers.—Two eggs, 3tz* ©f caster sugar, 2oz. of flour, half a teaupoooful of baking powder. Whip tha yolks and whites, of the eggs separately and see that the flour and sugaT aro quite free from lumps. Put tho whipped eggs into bowl ; then add tho sugar, flour and baking powder, a little at the time, beating all the while. Well grease some sponge finger tins, three parta fill them with the batter and bake for ten minutes in a fairly hot oven. Dcisfc finely-powdered white sugar over them while they are hot or leave them until cold, then decorate with a little fancy icing. Chocolate-Layer Cake,—-Three eggs, their weight in butter, caster sugar and flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, a dessertspoonful of milk. Well grease a deep, round sandwich tin or three shallow ones. Beat the batter and sugar to a cream, mix in the flour and baking powder, add the eggs, well beaten, and the milk. Turn into the greased tin and bake in rather a hot oven Fifteen minutes if baked in three shallow tins; about thirty minutes if in one deep tin. When they are cold, trim off any rough edges, and if it has been baked as one cake, cut it twice throngh the centre to make three layers of cake. Between the layers spread chocolate cream icing and ice the top with plain chocolate icing. Chocolate Cream Icing.—Two ounces of plain chocolate, a tablespoonful of cream enough whipped white of egg to form a soft paste, of icing sugar Rub the icing sugar through a sieve, mix it with the finely-grated chocolate, add the cream and whipped white of egg to form a pasta Spread between tho layers of cake. Top Icing.—Two ounces of icing sugar, a dessertspoonful of water, 2oz. of piiiin chocolate. Rub the sugar through a sievo and grate the chocolate finely. Put them into a small stewpan with the water and stir over gentle heat until it is a smooth, creamy liquid. Let it cool a little. Give it a stir round, then pour it gently over the cake, spreading it evenly. Decorate with finely-chopped almonds or pipe some white icing upon it when tba 1 -diy. y