Candy-Making at Home

Making real candy in a home kitchen, 1915 — fondants, caramels and taffies from Mary M. Wright's classic.

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets

10 pages in this part of Candy-Making at Home.

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets

DELICIOUS bonbons may be made with cake and fondant, and then there are many little sweets that are so closely allied to candies that they…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Fill

These little cake bonbons can be made with delicious fillings. Cut a sheet of angel food cake, which should be about an inch thick, into…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Cream

WALNUT WAFERS Cream one cupful of butter with one and one-half cupfuls of sugar; add three beaten eggs; put two cupfuls of chopped walnut…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Beat

FRUIT BARS Mix together one cupful of butter and one cupful of brown sugar until creamy, add two well-beaten eggs, one-half cupful of sour…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Ginger

GINGER CHIPS Stir together a cupful of butter and one cupful of brown sugar. Add one tablespoonful of ginger and one teaspoonful each of…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Cakes

ORANGE CAKES Cream together one-half cupful of butter, one cup of sugar, add the yolks of five eggs beaten thick, one-half cupful of milk…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Wafers

PEANUT WAFERS Beat together one-half cupful of nice white lard mixed with butter (half and half of each) and one cupful of sugar, add one…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Stir

ENGLISH WAFERS Stir together one cupful of butter with one-half cupful of sugar, add four eggs, the whites and yolks beaten separately…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Bake

CHOCOLATE NUT WAFERS Cream together one-half cupful of butter with one cupful of sugar, add two well-beaten eggs, and two squares of grated…

Cake Confectionery and Little Sweets: Make

FRUIT PUFFS Take five eggs and beat the whites and yolks separately, stir in gradually one and a half cupfuls of sugar, and one and a half…

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