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One pint cream, one small cup fine sugar, one gill wine. Mix all together in a large bowl and beat hard with a whisk, or what is still better, churn with a whip-churn. As the froth rises, take it carefully off with a spoon, and place in the dish in which it is to be served. "That will look beautiful with the jelly," said Edith. "What kind shall we make to go with it?" "We haven't tried orange jelly yet; and as there is to be wine in the cream, we don't care for wine jelly to eat with it. I think orange will suit our young friends as well as anything."

No. 163-ORANGE JELLY.

Juice of two oranges and grated rind of one, one lemon, juice and peel, one package Cox's gelatine, soaked in a very little water for an hour, one pint boiling water, one cup and a half sugar, half a cup of wine, a good pinch of cinnamon. "The gelatine has been soaking more than an hour," said Aunt Jane, "and we may as well begin on it now as any time. Edith, you may make the jelly, Rose the jumbles, and Grace the macaroons. While the jelly is under way, Edith will have time to make the cocoanut drops. All these will keep nicely if they are shut up tight. To-morrow we will make the little sponge-cakes, soda biscuits, puffs, chocolate and whip." "I thought you said we would have crisp cookies, Aunt Jane." "Did I? I think we shall have quite enough without them. We'll leave them until some other time. They are exceedingly nice, are made without any soda, and will keep a long time. Now get to work, all of you."

After Edith had grated the peel of the oranges and lemons, and squeezed out the juice very thoroughly, she threw in the cinnamon, and then poured on them a pint of boiling water. The whole was then closely covered, that the flavor might be completely diffused. Then, as it was to remain so for half an hour, Edith left it and made the cocoanut drops; after which the jelly-water was strained and the sugar stirred in. It was then put over the fire until it boiled, when the soaked gelatine was stirred in, and as soon as this was dissolved, the whole was poured into a flannel bag and run into moulds.

The cocoanut drops, being made after the following simple recipe, did not take a very long time. No. 164-CoCOANUT WAFERS.

Half a pint powdered sugar, the same of desiccated cocoanut, three even tablespoonfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful vanilla, two eggs. Beat the eggs and add successively the sugar, vanilla, flour and cocoanut. Bake on buttered paper.