Manuscript Cookbook 223

Banana Layer Cake

2 - 9 in. cake pans 2nd set of glides Preheated oven - 375` Baking time - 30 min.

3/4 cup Crisco 1 1/2 c. sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups cake flour 1/4 teasp. salt 1 1/4 cups riced bananas 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. vanilla

Grease, lightly dust pans Sift flour, measure, sift again with soda, powder Cream butter, add sugar, cream until fluffy. Add eggs, beat well. Add buttermilk, vanilla to bananas. Add alternately flour-banana mixture

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to butter mixture. Beat until smooth. Divide into cake pans

Stars.

1 yest 4 egg yolks 3/4 cup milk 1 Pound Crisco 1/2 tsp salt. 2 tsp baking Powder 5 cups flour Roll out with sugar on board backe 450

Fudge

4 cups powdered sugar 6 tbsps. butter 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts 6 tbsps. cocoa

Milt butter over low heat; add milk and heat till

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blended. Add vanilla, mix powdered sugar and cocoa - mix together, stir in milk mixing well. Add nuts.

Easy Creamy icing

Blend 1 cup sifted confectioners sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. flavoring and about 1 tbsp. water

8 or 9 " Baked Pie shell

1 cup Flour 1/3 cup lard 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. water Heat oven to 475`. Measure flour by dip - level - pour method. Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortning. Sprinkle with water; mix with fork. round into ball roll out 1" larger than

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inverted pie pan. Ease into pan, flute, and prick pastry. Bake 8 to 10 min. finish according to recipe

==Lemon Meringue Pie Filling==

9" baked pie shell 1 1/3 cups sugar 1/3 cup cornstarch 1 1/2 cups water 3 yolks, beaten slightly 3 tbsp. butter 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind

Mix sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Gradually stir in water. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 1 min more, stirring till smooth. Blend in butter, Lemon juice yolks, and rind. Pour into baked