all together,
put on to a floured board; roll it out 1/8 inch thick, cut the paste
into 3 long strips 3 fingers wide, spread over an icing made as
follows: Mix the whites of 2 eggs with 1/2 pound powdered sugar, add 1/2
teaspoonful cinnamon and a few drops of lemon juice, stir 5 minutes,
then cut the strips into small sticks a finger wide, lay them on to
buttered tins, and bake in a slow oven.

+Meringue Shells.+-- Beat the whites of 4 eggs to a stiff froth, add
1/2 pound granulated sugar and a little vanilla sugar, stir the sugar
in lightly; fill this into a pastry bag or a paper funnel; press
small portions on to a double-folded paper, dust thickly with sugar,
lay the paper in a pan, and bake in a slow oven. When done and cold,
remove them from the paper, press the soft bottoms into shape to
form a shell, and serve filled with whipped sweetened cream or ice
cream.

+Kisses.+-- Five ounces whites of egg, 1 pound granulated sugar, 1
cup water, 4 ounces powdered sugar. Put the granulated sugar and
water in a saucepan, stir until the sugar is dissolved, then place
the saucepan over the fire, and boil to a crack; have the whites
beaten to a stiff froth, and add slowly the hot sugar while beating
constantly with an egg beater, then beat until cold. This may then
be used as it is, and if wanted very stiff, add the 4 ounces
powdered sugar; stir it through the mixture lightly, then put the
meringue in a kiss syringe, dust some paper with powdered sugar,
press the mixture on to the paper in any shape desired. For shells
it may be put on with a spoon, dust them with sugar, and bake in a
slow oven. The oven may be left open part of the time. In place of
paper, rub some tin pans with butter, then rub off all the butter
with paper, and dust them with powdered sugar, then put the kisses
on them.

+Banana Cake.+-- Three bananas, 1 cup of currant jelly, 1/2 pint of
whipped cream, 3 ounces butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1-1/2 cups of flour, 1
teaspoonful baking powder, the whites of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, 1/2 cup milk, the juice and grated rind of 1/2 lemon. Sift flour
and baking powder together, stir butter and sugar to a cream, add
the lemon, then alternately flour, milk, and the white of egg;
butter 2 jelly tins of medium size, dust them with flour, divide the
cake mixture evenly in the tins, and bake in a medium-hot oven. When
done and cold, spread half of the jelly over one layer, cover with
banana slices, lay over the secon