ECAUSE the chief reward from this space is
the ‘‘connections’” made with people and

products, I try to be scrupulous about the
mail. But the last six weeks I’ve made a poor fist of

it, and some
shouldered
obscured.

into. the

Now that I’ve surfaced at
last, gasping and grasping,

effort can be directed
towards this parlous
situation.

The thing is, you see, that
some of my mail is pretty
spectacular stuff, wrapped in
gold foil, accompanied by
champagne, full of
chocolate. Curiosity  over-
comes manners in these in-
stances, so herewith my
apologies to those whose let-
ters produced nothing but
silence, the sternest of
rephes.

One letter queried the
cast of ingredients in a cake
that had won the News’
weekly recipe prize. It is call-
ed, incongruously, Elvis
Presley Cake, and the author
of the recipe is shown as
Diane Dunbar. Are you
there, Diane, and would you
kindly check the following
recipe and let me and my cor-
respondent know if it goes as
read?

The first layer:
I cup of brown sugar
(250mL)
‘4 cup of butter (60mL)
\a4 cup of margarine (60mL)
1 cup of rolled oats
(250mL)
44 cup of chopped dates
(180mL)

Mix that thoroughly, pour
over it

1 cup of boiling water

(250m1L.)

and let it stand for 20

minutes
The second layer:
2 eggs
1 cup of flour (250ml)
ltspn. of cinnamon (SmL)
ltspn. of soda (Smi)
') tspn. of salt (2.5m1 )
1 tspn. of vanilla (5ml)
‘. cup of chopped nuts
(125ml)
Thos, presumably, os
spread over the first layer
but the recipe says io makes

wo cakes. and should be ic
ed The lady who iw dying to

make at quenes the absence
of butter, matk and sugar in
this hast bit) and hopes fer
claribic ation

Then VID ee NO
meonce said Friendship Cake
ter are and Betty Crocker
chose that very moment to

Sorry

letters and
*‘pending”’

Weekly
Specials

Exotic Flowers

your choice

Anthuriums
Bird of Paradise
or Protea

no dollvery on these Items

VEST VAN FLORIST

inquiries have -been
basket and

send me her recipe tor same.
(Betty Crocker hangs out at
General Mills Canada, mak-
ing cakes). One warning: if
you Start this, you are com-
mitted to 15 days of prepara-
tion, which is spent in prepar-
ing the brandied-fruit
“*starter’’. This ‘‘starter’’ is
supposed to be enough for six
cakes, and startings for three
friends. Betty reminds you
that you must use cake-mixes
that have pudding in them,
and would prefer you chose
hers:

the kitchen
ranger

‘by Eleanor —
Godley

1!) cups of apricot brandy

(375mL)
or

1'> cups of a friend's
**starter”’ (375ml)
6 cups of sugar «E.SE)
28 of. can of shiced
peaches, with juice
(796ml)
19 of cun of crushed
pineapple, with juice
(S40m1 >
2 pass of maraschinos,
dramed and halved
(250m1
cups of chopped auts
(S00mf)
2 phes of Betty Crocker
Super Motst Cahe Mir
cither White, Colden,
Vanilla or Lemon
Beggs

by

99

per stem

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VISA
922-4171

1821 Marine Drive, West Vancouver

922.3968

Cooking connections

Ya cup of vegetable oil
(180mL)

Day One: in a large bowl,
combine brandy, or
‘“*starter’’, with 2 cups of
sugar (500mL.) and the
peaches. Cover and store at
room temperature and_ stir
every day until

Day Five: Add 2 more cups

of sugar (SOOmL) and the
pineapple. Stir every day
until

Day Ten: Add 2 cups of
sugar (SOOmL) and the cher-
ries. Stir every day until

Day Fifteen: Drain off the
syrup, and divide the fruit in-
to two parts. Half of this
fruit is for later cakes, and
the juice (1'% cups full) will
make ‘‘starter’’ for 3 or 4
friends. Tell them to use it
within | or 2 days.

Now make the cake: Heat the
oven to 3SOF (180C) and
grease three loaf pans (9x5x3
inches). Combine the half of
fruit with the nuts, and toss
this with half a package of
cake mix. Set it aside.

To the package and a half
of cake-mix remaining, add
the eggs and the onl, beating
at low speed to moisten.
Ratse the speed to medium
and beat two minutes. Pour tt
over the floured fruit’ and
nuts, and scrape into the loat
pans. Bake for one hour, and
during this time DO NOT
OPEN THE DOOR, and at
the end do not prick or pat to
test for doneness. Let it cool,
for ten minutes, then remove
from the pans

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