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Ladies' Mirror, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 65

Mpple Qr earns IV/Take half a pint of apple puree by rubbing baked or stewed apples through a fine sieve. Strain into this, while still warm, 3oz. of gelatine, dissolved in a little water or apple-juice, and mix well. Then add 1 gill of thick custard, sugar (if necessary), 2 or 3 drops cochineal and 3 drops ratafia essence. Mix again and set aside to cool. Then pile into small glasses, top each with whipped cream, and serve with wafer biscuits. Other fruit creams could be made in the same way. Light Orange Cake ' I 'ake 31b. of self-raising flour, 4 eggs, Alb. sugar, 6oz. butter, 2 oranges, orange icing. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs gradually, then grated rind of 1 orange and juice of 2 oranges ; add flour and mix lightly. Put into prepared cake-tin and bake 45 minutes. When cold, add the icing. This mixture may be divided into two and each portion baked in a sandwich-tin for 20 minutes. Orange icing or cream may be spread between. Banana and Orange Sponge Grease a piedish, peel and slice 12 bananas (lengthways), place in pie-dish and sprinkle sugar over each layer. Squeeze juice of 6 oranges into a cup, remove pips, pour juice over the bananas, and put into oven to bake. Now put A cup sugar in a basin with 2 eggs beaten well, add a breakfastcup of self-raising flour and a pinch of salt; melt 1 tablespoon butter in A cup hot water or milk, stir in quickly and beat well. Pour this mixture over the bananas, completely covering them ; put back into oven and bake until a rich brown. Serve hot or cold with boiled custard. (Milk Rolls for Lea A dd to four teacupfuls (lib.) of -L*- flour a half-teaspoonful each of bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Rub in a piece of butter, margarine, or lard the size of an egg (20z.), and mix to a light dough with a half-pint of milk. Mould into about a dozen small, plump, round or oval shapes, which bake quickly. When nearly done, brush them over with a little butter and hot milk; or one-half of the dough may be rolled by the hand into three strands and plaited, tapering the ends. Lemon (fakes TA equired : Flour, 50z.; sugar, Soz.; eggs, 2 g baking powder, 1 teaspoonful ; lemon, —Lightly grease some small cake tins. Sieve the flour