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jelly tin over, cut around it, lay the round piece of paste on a
buttered tin, brush over with egg and bake a fine golden color. Add
to 1/2 pint whipped cream, 1 teaspoonful granulated gelatine dissolved
in 2 tablespoonfuls milk, flavor with 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla and
sweeten with 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, fill into a round form and set
on ice.

Boil 1 pound of chestnuts 20 minutes, remove the outside shells and
the brown skin, place the nuts in a saucepan, cover with boiling
water, cook till very tender, drain and press through a sieve, add 2
tablespoonfuls cream, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, a pinch of salt, and 1/2
tablespoonful melted butter. Set on ice. Shortly before serving turn
the cream on the almond cake, put the chestnut puree in a pastry bag
with a small tube in the end, press the puree in the form of
spaghetti around the cream and cover the cream with a thick layer of
pulverized macaroons with sponge sugar, sprinkle over 1
tablespoonful satin sugar, ornament with whipped cream and sprinkle
with fine pistachio nuts.

+Prune Souffle.+-- Wash and soak 1 cup of prunes over night, next day
drain, remove pits, and add them to 3 whites of eggs beaten stiff;
add 1 teaspoonful vanilla, put in buttered and sugared souffle dish,
set in shallow pan with a little water, set in a medium oven to
poach till done, which will take about 40 minutes.

+Apricot Whip.+-- Rub half a cup of apricots after they have been
cooked through a sieve, add half a bottle of cream beaten stiff to
it and two tablespoons powdered sugar and half a teaspoon vanilla,
put in six sherbet glasses and decorate with lady fingers around the
edge.

+Coffee Parfait.+-- Put 1/4 cup granulated sugar with one tablespoon
cornstarch and one pint of milk over the fire and boil five minutes,
then add two tablespoons coffee extract and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; when
cool freeze, put into four parfait glasses and decorate with whipped
cream.

+Dorothy Royal.+-- Bake a cup cake mixture in a sheet pan, when done
and cool, cut into square pieces and pour over a sauce made as
follows: put one cup of sugar with half a cup of milk, a tablespoon
of butter and one square of chocolate over the fire and cook until
thick and creamy, about ten minutes; pour hot over the cake, add a
spoonful of whipped cream on every piece and sprinkle chopped
walnuts over all.

+Peach a la Melba.+-- Put one tablespoon of vanilla ice cream on a
round of sunshine cake, on it lay half a prese