CZECH CARRAWAY SEED SOUP

4 oz. melted butter 1 qt. boiling water
14 Ib. assorted diced vegetables 3 oz. flour
14 tsp. carraway seed Chopped green he

To 2 oz. melted butter fry assorted diced vegetables and carraway seed. Add 1
qt. boiling water, salt. In a separate pan melt 2 oz. butter. Add 3 oz. flour. Stir
constantly until red in color. Place this in the boiling soup and continue boil-
ing slowly for 1 hour.

When ready to serve, add chopped green parsley and serve with croutons of
bread squares, browned in butter.—Courtesy Manka Prokupek, Manka’s Czech
Restaurant. i

VANILLA CRESCENTS

1% lb. cake flour 14 pkg. vanilla beans
14%, 1b. butter 1%4 lb. granulated sugar
2 oz. berry sugar Lemon rind

10 oz. peeled almonds 1 egg yolk

Mix flour, berry sugar, vanilla beans ((crushed with three cubes of sugar),
lemon rind (very little) and ground almonds. Add butter, 1 egg yolk and blend
into dough. Put in refrigerator for 15 minutes. After, thaw, roll out in a long
cylinder (% inch in diameter) slice in 1 inch pieces. Put in dry pan covered
with paper and bake very slowly until browned.—Courtesy Manka Prokupek,
Manka’s Czech Restaurant.

CAKES

SOUR MILK CHOCOLATE CAKE

1c. sugar 2 c. cake flour |
1% c. shortening %4 tsp. baking soda

2 eggs Y% tsp. salt

3 squares unsweetened choco- 14% c. sour milk

late ! 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream sugar and shortening; add eggs one at a time. Add the melted chocolate.
Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to cream mixture alternately with sour
milk and vanilla. Pour into 2 greased 9 inch layer pans. Bake at 375°F. for 25
minutes. When baked, cool for 5 minutes and remove to wire racks. Frost.—
Courtesy Mrs. D. Miller.

$100 CHOCOLATE CAKE

1% Ib. butter or margarine 1 rounded tsp. baking soda
2 oc. white sugar 1 ec. fine cocoanut
1 ec. buttermilk 1 ec. finely-chopped walnuts
4 eggs 2 squares melted chocolate
2 ec. flour 1 tsp. vanilla.

Dissolve soda in buttermilk and set aside. Cream butter or margarine and
sugar, add egg yolks one at a time and beat well. Add flower and buttermilk
alternately, then add chocolate, vanilla, cocoanut,.and nuts. Fold in stiffly-
beaten egg whites. Bake in greased paper-lined 8 x 10 inch cake pan at 375°F.
for about 50 minutes. Or makes 3 layers, baked at 350°F. for about 30 minutes.
—Courtesy Mrs. Rose Rutherford.

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