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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1938
Page
21
Last week’s prize recipes include a multi layer cake with pineapple filling and vanilla icing credited to Mrs F A Hoyt of Fayette Iowa, date squares by Mrs Harry Gardner of Independence Iowa, and a lemon chiffon pie by S E E Myers of Hartwick Iowa. Local ads promote Chickering pianos from Hilbrunner Music Co The Peoples Grocery and Market Cedar Rapids shoe sales and Kresge store dresses with Syndicate Cathing Co hosiery offers.
A vintage cake recipe by Alice Comstock includes cherry and walnut layers with frosting. It lists ingredients such as cake flour sugar shortening and milk with eggs and baking powder. Instructions describe creaming, alternating flour and milk, and baking at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.
Butter and brown sugar are melted, then egg yolks cornstarch and milk are cooked to create a butterscotch base. Fold in vanilla, bake in shells, top with meringue and brown slowly. Recipe credited to Mrs M. Snyder of Colo Iowa.
A detailed crust and custard pie recipe with nut meats and lard shortening. Instructions cover dough mixing, rolling, prebaking, and custard filling with eggs milk sugar vanilla and baking steps. Mentions Cedar Rapids Iowa address and a pitch for Bupane Gas to rural homemakers.
A recipe from Mrs. G. A. Turner of Anamosa Iowa describes beating egg whites to stiff peaks and yolks with cocoa and sugar, folding in, baking on a waxed paper lined sheet, then filling with whipped cream and chilling overnight. The note ends with a shop pitch for Luberger's kitchen settings.
Delicate baked dessert from Clara Flammang of Norway Iowa uses graham crackers dates walnuts and egg whites. Fold cracker mix into beaten whites then bake 25 to 30 minutes in a moderate oven and serve with whipped cream custard or ice cream.
A tip suggests Liggett's stores serve breakfast with truly delicious waffles available at Liggett Store locations.
A vintage recipe for date filled cookies. Cream butter and sugars, add eggs, blend with flour mixture, chill dough, roll and fill with date paste. Optional raisin substitute. Date filling simmers with dates sugar water and nuts, then cools before use.
The ad promotes Butter-Nut as a slowly baked loaf aimed at better health. It urges readers to ask their grocer to stock the product and to taste what it calls a real bread.
A fruit pie filling recipe uses sugar flour and salt combined with crushed pineapple and water. The mix cooks until thick then folds into stiff egg whites and bakes in a pie shell. Top with sweetened whipped cream and nuts. refrigerate until serving. Bertha L. Wamsar Elberon Iowa.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power advertises electric cookery as superior for cleanliness and real cooking performance, inviting readers to call for full details and to learn more about this method.
A vintage recipe for Easter daffodil cake with white and yellow batter layers. Includes detailed measurements for pastry flour, egg whites and yolks, sugar, flavorings, and folding steps. Baking at 250 to 300 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes, then inverted to cool. credited to Mrs Virgil E Harker of Oxford Iowa. Packaged Fuel ad follows promising hand care while heating.
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