The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Cake Fillings and Frostings

10 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Chocolate Filling

Melt the chocolate over hot water, in a double boiler; add the milk, and cook together, stirring until the mixture is thick and creamy. Add…

Coconut Filling

Warm the milk, pour it over the coconut and soak until well softened, usually one-half hour. Beat the egg-whites stiff and add the sugar…

Cream Filling

Mix the corn-starch with two tablespoons of the milk. Heat the rest of the milk in a double boiler and stir the corn-starch paste slowly…

Lemon Filling

Juice and grated rind of I Make a smooth paste of the flour and two tablespoons of the cold water. Cook the rest of the water, the sugar…

Prune Filling

½ cup rhubarb or canned pine- 2 tablespoons gelatin apple-juice Wash the prunes, soak overnight in water to cover, and cook slowly until…

Confectioners' Frosting

Beat the egg-white stiff and add the sugar gradually; continue beating until the mixture is smooth and light. Add flavoring.

Boiled Frosting

Cook the sugar and water together, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Then, without stirring, cook until the sirup will form a thread…

Brown-Sugar Frosting

1 teaspoon vanilla or ½ tea- ½ cup water spoon lemon extract Make a sirup of the sugar and water and cook to the soft-ball stage (238° F.)…

Frosting

Cook the chocolate, sugar and water together, stirring until the mixture is smooth and glossy. Beat the white of the egg enough to thin it…

Coconut Frosting

½ cup shredded or exated coconut Boil sugar and water to the soft-ball stage (238° F.), then add butter and cook until thick enough to…

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