Radio and television mirror (May-Oct 1940)

ANNOl/WCf^ 1 tsp. lemon juice ¥2 tsp. grated orange rind 1 tsp. plain gelatin lA cup cold water Half a sponge cake Here's a dessert that will use up that left over sponge cake. Soak the gelatin in the cold water until it dissolves. Beat the egg yolks, add half the sugar, together with salt, orange juice, lemon juice and orange rind and heat egg and fruit mixture in double boiler. Remove from fire, add gelatin and stir well, then allow to cool. When mixture begins to thicken, add egg whites which have been beaten with remaining sugar. Place a layer of the gelatin mixture in a mold, cover with a layer of broken pieces of sponge cake, sprinkle with grated, semisweet chocolate (or with shredded coconut if you prefer) and repeat until ingredients are used up. Place in refrigerator until serving time. Serve with plain or whipped cream, or with ice cream. This dessert may be made the day before it is to be served. Makes six to eight servings. $15 THIRD PRIZE (Won by Mrs. Peterson from Milwaukee, Wise.) French Chocolate Cake % cup butter 1% cups sugar 2 eggs, beaten V2 cup milk 1% cups cake flour IV2 tsps. cream of tartar 2 squares bitter chocolate, melted % cups boiling water 1 tsp. soda Cream butter well, then add sugar, beaten eggs and milk. Sift together flour and cream of tartar, and add to liquid mixture. Add melted chocolate and mix well. Stir soda into boiling water and mix lightly into cake batter. Turn into buttered 9-inch layer cake tins and bake at 350 degrees for half an hour. Frosting for French Chocolate Cake 2 squares bitter chocolate 1 tbl. butter IVa cups powdered sugar 1 egg, unbeaten 1/2 cup whipping cream 1 tsp. vanilla Melt chocolate and butter. Add all other ingredients, then place mixing bowl in pan of cold water and beat with electric or Dover beater until mixture will stand in peaks. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cake. 12 noon, E.D.S.T., also her variety show Friday night, both over CBS. "^^?iia lM«§S%CliS ■ French Chocolate Cake — its layers are light as a feather — and a delicious new kind of icing. AUGUST, 1940 FIRST PRIZE $50.00 Carmelita Paredes, Jackson, Calif. SECOND PRIZE $25.00 Mrs. Chester W. McKenne, Milton, Mass. THIRD PRIZE $15.00 Mrs. Ferrence Peterson, Milwaukee, Wise. 55 PRIZES of $2.00 EACH Mrs. Ceery Anander, Mianni, Flo. Mrs. Leo M. Betz, Minneapolis, Minn. Ann M. Biehler, Ionia, Michigan Mrs. D. Bracken, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. T. H. Bracken, Denver, Colo. Mrs. Geo. Burns, St. Francis, Wise. Jeanne Caldwell, Erie, Pa. Mrs. A. Campagna, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. J. J. Carroll, Overland, Mo. Miss Ruth Curtis, Centre, N. Y. Mrs. Leon Davidson, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Joseph Daviero, St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Evelyn De Lisle, Pontiac, Mich. Mrs. Mary G. Draheim, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Frank Duffy, Hobart, Ind. Mrs. Freda Evans, Salem, Oregon Mrs. Belle Fellers, Toledo, Ohio Mrs. Alice Flaherty, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Ann Frevert, New Milford, Conn. Mrs. Cecil Gray, Jefferson City, Mo. Mrs. Leona Cyurasics, Swanton, Ohio Mrs. William Heiman, E. St. Louis, III. Mrs. E. E. Hughes, WJlmore, Pa. Mrs. Joseph Jdnisch, St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Florence Johnston,. Flint, Mich. Mrs. J. E. Jonas, Massillon, Ohio Glenn W. Kennedy, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Ethel Lang, Sublimity, Oregon Mrs. John H. Luihn, Portland, Oregon Mrs. G. V. Marlow, Spokane, Wash. Lillian Marshall, Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Harry M. Mellor, Pasadena, Md. Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, Caldwell, Texas Mrs. E. M. Monroe, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. W. C. Muntis, Fort Thomas, Ky. Mrs. Martha Murray, Chicago, til. Mrs. A. E. Novak, Amsterdam, N. Y. Mrs. J. T. Pearson, Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Leo J. Plonsky, New Orleans, La. Mrs. Thos. Powell, Meadowlands, Pa. ' Mrs. H. D. Robertson, Mpls., Minn. Mrs. Clyde Roeder, Lansing, Iowa Mrs. Eva Ryan, Harristown, III. Aquino G. Shea, Glyndon, Minn. Mrs. Hazel Skiles, Lincoln, Nebr. Mrs. Murrel Smith, Fullerton, Calif. Mrs. Louis Sorenson, Racine, Wise. Mrs. Henry H. Stouffer, Mansfield, O. Mrs. Joe Strieker, Mascon, Idaho Ruth H. Summerhqyes, Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Kay Terwilliger, N. Bergen, N. J. Jean Thompson, Winnipeg, Can. Bessie M. Turner, Council Bluffs, lowq Mrs. M.Weatherly, Corsicana, Texas Mrs. Edw. J. Ziha, St. Louis, Mo. (Turn to page 73 for more prize winriers) 37