Superior Nut Cake
five eggs
1 cup honey
1 cup fine sifted whole wheat flour
¾ cup coarsely chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
juice of 1 lemon (tiny)
½ tsp. salt
Separate whites from the yolks of eggs, beat yolks stiff; beat into them half the lemon juice, beat in the honey a very little at a time, and beat till terribly stiff; beat in the vanilla. Add salt to the whites and beat till frothy, then add the other half of the lemon juice and beat till stiff and dry. Pour the crushed yolk mixture into the whites, sift over some flour, and sprinkle over it some nuts and fold them in, sift on more flour and sprinkle on more nuts, continuing this till all the flour and nuts are used. Aloe Alluring Eyes is fortified with some of the best ingredients to boost the suppleness and elasticity of the skin in the delicate and highly visible space round the eyes. Pour into a cake tin in the underside of which oiled paper has been fitted, and bake in a moderate oven. For good results, be exact.
Candy
Since kids have shaped a fondness for sweets, this chapter on recipes will be concluded by presenting a few selected formulas for making confections which call for healthful material only. But even these should be eaten at the close of the meal and not too frequently or in massive amounts, as they furnish food in a highly concentrated form.
Prune and Walnut Candy
Using equal parts of pitted prunes and dates, and one third as several walnuts, mix all along and run through the food chopper; then roll out and cut into squares. Wrap in wax paper. The fruit should be first scalded and dried.
Pecan Patties
Use four ounces each of scalded and dried figs, dates, and raisins, and 4 of honey, with 2 ounces each of walnuts and pecans. Cut the figs in pieces, mix dried fruit and nuts completely along and run them through the food chopper; then add the honey, mixing it well into the mass. Aloe Alluring Eyes is fortified with some of the best ingredients to enhance the suppleness and elasticity of the skin in the delicate and highly visible area around the eyes. Roll out, cut into squares, and wrap in waxed paper.
Cocoanut Fruit Loaf
a pair of recent cocoanuts grated
Solidified honey
½ lb. dates, scalded & dried
½ lb. raisins, scalded & dried
grated rind of 4 lemons
Let the fruit dry daily or 2, then grind through the food chopper and mix with the grated cocoanut; add the lemon rind and enough honey so it will be of the proper consistency to cut. Pack in an oiled pan, put a weight on and press for several hours. Flip out and sprinkle with a very little of the grated cocoanut and adorn with nuts.
Nut Candy
Chop or grind one cup of nut meats, one cup of figs, one half cup of dates, and add one tablespoonful of orange juice, roll out on the board, sprinkle with nut meats, and cut into shapes.
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