CREAM BASKETS

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 63

CREAM BASKETS

Two eggs, thcr weight in butter, castor sugar, and flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, three tab'.espoonfuls of raspbeuy-jam, one gill of water, 2oz of desiccated cocoanut, one gill of cream, castor sugar, vanilla, 3in of angelica. Cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs one at a time, and beat the mixture thoroughly ; stir the flour in lightly. Grease some plain dariole moulds, half fill with the mixture, aud bake for 10 minutes. "Warm tie jam and water in a stevrpan, and pass through a strainer to take away the seeds. When the cakes are cool, cut the tops quite' evenly, scoop out the centre of the cakes, brush the sides with the liquid jam, roll them in the cc-coanut, and place in a glass or silver dish. Whip the cream stiffly, flavour with the sugar and vanilla, and fill up the centre of the cakes. Cut the angelica into strips one-eighth of an lDch in thickness, soak in coid water for tvo or three minutes to make it pliable, and then form a handle to the cakes by sticking the ends in on each side. This makes a very pietty dish. The baskets may be varied by usmg apricot instead of raspberry jam.

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