Chocolate And Cocoa Recipes

CHOCOLATE, VIENNA STYLE
Use four ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Vanilla Chocolate, one quart of
milk, three tablespoonfuls of hot water, and one tablespoonful of sugar.
Cut the chocolate in fine bits. Put the milk on the stove in the
double−boiler, and when it has been heated to the boiling point, put the
chocolate, sugar and water in a small iron or granite−ware pan, and stir
over a hot fire until smooth and glossy. Stir this mixture into the hot milk,
and beat well with a whisk. Serve at once, putting a tablespoonful of
whipped cream in each cup and then filling up with the chocolate.
The plain chocolate may be used instead of the vanilla, but in that case use
a teaspoonful of vanilla extract and three generous tablespoonfuls of sugar
instead of one.
BREAKFAST COCOA
Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa is powdered so fine that it can be
dissolved by pouring boiling water on it. For this reason it is often prepared
at the table. A small teaspoonful of the powder is put in the cup with a
teaspoonful of sugar; on this is poured two−thirds of a cup of boiling water,
and milk or cream is added to suit the individual taste. This is very
convenient; but cocoa is not nearly so good when prepared in this manner
as when it is boiled.
For six cupfuls of cocoa use two tablespoonfuls of the powder, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, half a pint of boiling water, and a pint and a half of
milk. Put the milk on the stove in the double−boiler. Put the cocoa and
sugar in a saucepan, and gradually pour the hot water upon them, stirring
all the time. Place the saucepan on the fire and stir until the contents boil.
Let this mixture boil for five minutes; then add the boiling milk and serve.
A gill of cream is a great addition to this cocoa.
Scalded milk may be used in place of boiled milk, if preferred. For
flavoring, a few grains of salt and half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract may
be added.
CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE
Beat half a cupful of butter to a cream, and gradually beat into it one cupful
of sugar. When this is light, beat in half a cupful of milk, a little at a time,
and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat the whites of six eggs to a stiff froth.
Mix half a teaspoonful of baking powder with two scant cupfuls of sifted
flour. Stir the flour and whites of eggs alternately into the mixture. Have
three deep tin plates well buttered, and spread two−thirds of the batter in
two of them.
Into the remaining batter stir one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium
No. 1 Chocolate, melted, and spread this batter in the third plate. Bake the
cakes in a moderate oven for about twenty minutes. Put a layer of white
cake on a large plate, and spread with white icing. Put the dark cake on this,
and also spread with white icing. On this put the third cake. Spread with
chocolate icing.
TO MAKE THE ICING. Put into a granite−ware saucepan two gills of
sugar and one of water, and boil gently until bubbles begin to come from
the bottom−−say, about five minutes. Take from the fire instantly. Do not
stir or shake the sugar while it is cooking. Pour the hot syrup in a thin
stream into the whites of two eggs that have been beaten to a stiff froth,
beating the mixture all the time. Continue to beat until the icing is thick.
Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla. Use two−thirds of this as a white
icing, and to the remaining third add one ounce of melted chocolate. To
melt the chocolate, shave it fine and put in a cup, which is then to be placed
in a pan of boiling water.
CHOCOLATE CAKE
For two sheets of cake, use three ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium
No. 1 Chocolate, three eggs, one cupful and three−fourths of sifted pastry
 flour, one cupful and three−fourths of sugar, half a cupful of butter, half a
cupful of milk, half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract, one teaspoonful and a
half of baking powder.
Grate the chocolate. Beat the butter to a cream, and gradually beat in the
sugar. Beat in the milk and vanilla, then the eggs (already well beaten),
next the chocolate, and finally the flour, in which the baking powder should
be mixed. Pour into two well buttered shallow cake pans. Bake for
twenty−five minutes in a moderate oven. Frost or not, as you like.
CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE
Put one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate and one tablespoonful of
butter in a cup, and set this in a pan of boiling water. Beat to a cream half a
cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar. Gradually beat in half a cupful of
milk. Now add the whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one teaspoonful
of vanilla, and a cupful and a half of sifted flour, in which is mixed one
teaspoonful of baking powder. Put about one−third of this mixture into
another bowl, and stir the melted butter and chocolate into it. Drop the
white−and−brown mixture in spoonfuls into a well buttered deep cake pan,
and bake in a moderate oven for about forty−five minutes; or, the cake can
be baked in a sheet and iced with a chocolate or white icing.
CHOCOLATE GLACÉ CAKE
Beat to a cream a generous half cupful of butter, and gradually beat into
this one cupful of sugar. Add one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium
No. 1 Chocolate, melted; also two unbeaten eggs. Beat vigorously for five
minutes; then stir in half a cupful of milk, and lastly, one cupful and a half
of flour, with which has been mixed one generous teaspoonful of baking
powder. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a buttered,
shallow cake pan, and bake for half an hour in a moderate oven. When
cool, spread with glacé frosting.
GLACÉ FROSTING. Put half a cupful of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of
water in a small saucepan. Stir over the fire until the sugar is nearly melted.
 Take the spoon from the pan before the sugar really begins to boil, because
it would spoil the icing if the syrup were stirred after it begins to boil. After
boiling gently for four minutes, add half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
but do not stir; then set away to cool. When the syrup is about blood warm,
beat it with a wooden spoon until thick and white. Now put the saucepan in
another with boiling water, and stir until the icing is thin enough to pour.
Spread quickly on the cake.
CHOCOLATE GLACÉ
After making a glacé frosting, dissolve one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Premium No. 1 Chocolate in a cup, and put it with the frosting, adding also
a tablespoonful of boiling water.
CHOCOLATE BISCUIT
Cover three large baking pans with paper that has been well oiled with
washed butter. Over these dredge powdered sugar. Melt in a cup one ounce
of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate. Separate the whites and
yolks of four eggs. Add to the yolks a generous half cupful of powdered
sugar, and beat until light and firm. Add the melted chocolate, and beat a
few minutes longer. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff, dry froth.
Measure out three−fourths of a cupful of sifted flour, and stir it and the
whites into the yolks. The whites and flour must be cut in as lightly as
possible, and with very little stirring. Drop the mixture in teaspoonfuls on
the buttered paper. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the cakes, and bake in a
slow oven for about fourteen or fifteen minutes. The mixture can be shaped
like lady fingers, if preferred.
CHOCOLATE WAFERS
Grate four ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, and
mix with it two tablespoonfuls of flour and one−fourth of a teaspoonful
each of cinnamon, cloves and baking powder. Separate six eggs. Add one
cupful of powdered sugar to the yolks, and beat until very light; then add
the grated yellow rind and the juice of half a lemon, and beat five minutes
 longer. Now add the dry mixture, and with a spoon lightly cut in the whites,
which are first to be beaten to a stiff froth. Pour the mixture into buttered
shallow pans, having it about half an inch thick. Bake in a moderate oven
for half an hour. When the cake is cool, spread a thin layer of currant jelly
over one sheet, and place the other sheet on this. Ice with vanilla icing; and
when this hardens, cut in squares. It is particularly nice to serve with
ice−cream.
CINDERELLA CAKES
Use two eggs, one cupful of sugar, one cupful and a quarter of flour, one
gill of cold water, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, one teaspoonful of
baking powder, one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1
Chocolate, half a tumbler of any kind of jelly, and chocolate icing the same
as for éclairs.
Separate the eggs, and beat the yolks and sugar together until light. Beat the
whites until light, and then beat them with yolks and sugar and grated
chocolate. Next beat in the lemon juice and water, and finally the flour, in
which the baking powder should be mixed. Beat for three minutes, and then
pour the batter into two pans, and bake in a moderate oven for about
eighteen minutes. When done, spread one sheet of cake with the jelly, and
press the other sheet over it; and when cold, cut into little squares and
triangular pieces. Stick a wooden toothpick into each of these pieces and
dip each one into the hot icing, afterwards removing the toothpick, of
course.
CHOCOLATE ÉCLAIRS
Into a granite−ware saucepan put half a pint of milk, two well−rounded
tablespoonfuls of butter, and one tablespoonful of sugar, and place on the
stove. When this boils up, add half a pint of sifted flour, and cook for two
minutes, beating well with a wooden spoon. It will be smooth and velvety
at the end of that time. Set away to cool; and when cool, beat in four eggs,
one at a time. Beat vigorously for about fifteen minutes. Try a small bit of
the paste in the oven; and if it rises in the form of a hollow ball, the paste is
 beaten enough; whereas, if it does not, beat a little longer. Have tin sheets
or shallow pans slightly buttered. Have ready, also, a tapering tin tube, with
the smaller opening about three−quarters of an inch in diameter. Place this
in the small end of a conical cotton pastry bag. Put the mixture in the bag,
and press out on buttered pans, having each éclair nearly three inches long.
There should be eighteen, and they must be at least two inches apart, as
they swell in cooking. Bake in a moderately hot oven for about twenty−five
minutes. Take from the oven, and while they are still warm coat them with
chocolate. When cold, cut open on the side, and fill with either of the
following described preparations:−−
FILLING NO. 1.−−Mix in a bowl half a pint of rich cream, one teaspoonful
of vanilla, and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Place the bowl in a pan of
ice−water, and beat the cream until light and firm, using either an
egg−beater or a whisk.
FILLING NO. 2.−−Put half a pint of milk into a double−boiler, and place
on the fire. Beat together until very light one level tablespoonful of flour,
half a cupful of sugar, and one egg. When the milk boils, stir in this
mixture. Add one−eighth of a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for fifteen
minutes, stirring often. When cold, flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla.
ICING FOR ÉCLAIRS.−−Put in a small granite−ware pan half a pint of
sugar and five tablespoonfuls of cold water. Stir until the sugar is partially
melted, and then place on the stove, stirring for half a minute. Take out the
spoon, and watch the sugar closely. As soon as it boils, take instantly from
the fire and pour upon a meat−platter. Let this stand for eight minutes.
Meantime, shave into a cup one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium
No. 1 Chocolate, and put it on the fire in a pan of boiling water. At the end
of eight minutes stir the sugar with a wooden spoon until it begins to grow
white and to thicken. Add the melted chocolate quickly, and continue
stirring until the mixture is thick. Put it in a small saucepan, and place on
the fire in another pan of hot water. Stir until so soft that it will pour freely.
Stick a skewer into the side of an éclair, and dip the top in the hot
chocolate. Place on a plate, and continue until all the éclairs are "glacéd."
They will dry quickly. Do not stir the sugar after the first half minute, and
 do not scrape the sugar from the saucepan into the platter. All the directions
must be strictly followed.
CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Beat to a cream half a cupful of butter and one tablespoonful of lard.
Gradually beat into this one cupful of sugar; then add one−fourth of a
teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and two ounces of Walter
Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, melted. Now add one
well−beaten egg, and half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in two
tablespoonfuls of milk. Stir in about two cupfuls and a half of flour. Roll
thin, and, cutting in round cakes, bake in a rather quick oven. The secret of
making good cookies is the use of as little flour as will suffice.
CHOCOLATE GINGERBREAD
Mix in a large bowl one cupful of molasses, half a cupful of sour milk or
cream, one teaspoonful of ginger, one of cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of
salt. Dissolve one teaspoonful of soda in a teaspoonful of cold water; add
this and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter to the mixture. Now stir in two
cupfuls of sifted flour, and finally add two ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Chocolate and one tablespoonful of butter, melted together. Pour the
mixture into three well−buttered, deep tin plates, and bake in a moderately
hot oven for about twenty minutes.
VANILLA ICING
Break the white of one large egg into a bowl, and gradually beat into it one
cupful of confectioners' sugar. Beat for three minutes, add half a
teaspoonful of vanilla extract, and spread thinly on the cakes.
CHOCOLATE ICING
Make a vanilla icing, and add one tablespoonful of cold water to it. Scrape
fine one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, and put
it in a small iron or granite−ware saucepan, with two tablespoonfuls of
 confectioners' sugar and one tablespoonful of hot water. Stir over a hot fire
until smooth and glossy, then add another tablespoonful of hot water. Stir
the dissolved chocolate into the vanilla icing.
CHOCOLATE PROFITEROLES
Shave into a cup one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1
Chocolate, and put the cup into a pan of boiling water. Make a paste the
same as for éclairs, save that instead of one tablespoonful of sugar three
must be used.
As soon as the paste is cooked, beat in the melted chocolate. When cold,
add the eggs, and beat until light. Drop this batter on lightly buttered pans
in round cakes, having about a dessertspoonful in each cake. Bake for about
twenty minutes in a moderately hot oven. Serve either hot or cold, with
whipped cream prepared the same as for Filling No. 1 for éclairs. Heap the
cream in the center of a flat dish, and arrange the profiteroles around it.
CHOCOLATE ICE−CREAM
For about two quarts and a half of cream use a pint and a half of milk, a
quart of thin cream, two cupfuls of sugar, two ounces of Walter Baker &
Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, two eggs, and two heaping
tablespoonfuls of flour.
Put the milk on to boil in a double−boiler. Put the flour and one cupful of
the sugar in a bowl; add the eggs, and beat the mixture until light. Stir this
into the boiling milk, and cook for twenty minutes, stirring often.
Scrape the chocolate, and put it in a small saucepan. Add four
tablespoonfuls of sugar (which should be taken from the second cupful) and
two tablespoonfuls of hot water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and
glossy. Add this to the cooking mixture.
When the preparation has cooked for twenty minutes, take it from the fire
and add the remainder of the sugar and the cream, which should be
 gradually beaten into the hot mixture. Set away to cool, and when cold,
freeze.
CHOCOLATE CREAM PIES
Beat to a cream half a cupful of butter and a cupful and a quarter of
powdered sugar. Add two well−beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of wine,
half a cupful of milk, and a cupful and a half of sifted flour, with which has
been mixed a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder. Bake this in four
well−buttered, deep, tin plates for about fifteen minutes in a moderate oven.
Put half a pint of milk in the double−boiler, and on the fire. Beat together
the yolks of two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and a level
tablespoonful of flour. Stir this mixture into the boiling milk, beating well.
Add one−sixth of a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for fifteen minutes,
stirring often. When cooked, flavor with half a teaspoonful of vanilla
extract. Put two of the cakes on two large plates, spread the cream over
them, and lay the other two cakes on top. Beat the whites of the two eggs to
a stiff froth, and then beat into them one cupful of powdered sugar and one
teaspoonful of vanilla. Shave one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium
No. 1 Chocolate, and put it in a small pan with two tablespoonfuls of sugar
and one tablespoonful of boiling water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and
glossy. Now add three tablespoonfuls of cream or milk, and stir into the
beaten egg and sugar. Spread on the pies and set away for a few hours.
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
Put a three−quart mould in a wooden pail, first lining the bottom with fine
ice and a thin layer of coarse salt. Pack the space between the mould and
the pail solidly with fine ice and coarse salt, using two quarts of salt and ice
enough to fill the space. Whip one quart of cream, and drain it in a sieve.
Whip again all the cream that drains through. Put in a small pan one ounce
of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, three tablespoonfuls of
sugar and one of boiling water, and stir over a hot fire until smooth and
glossy. Add three tablespoonfuls of cream. Sprinkle a cupful of powdered
sugar over the whipped cream. Pour the chocolate in a thin stream into the
 cream, and stir gently until well mixed. Wipe out the chilled mould, and
turn the cream into it. Cover, and then place a little ice lightly on top. Wet a
piece of carpet in water, and cover the top of the pail. Set away for three or
four hours; then take the mould from the ice, dip it in cold water, wipe, and
then turn the mousse out on a flat dish.
CHOCOLATE CHARLOTTE
Soak a quarter of a package of gelatine in one−third of a cupful of cold
water for two hours. Whip one pint of cream to a froth, and put it in a bowl,
which should be placed in a pan of ice−water. Put half an ounce of shaved
chocolate in a small pan with two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of
boiling water, and stir over the hot fire until smooth and glossy. Add to this
a gill of hot milk and the soaked gelatine, and stir until the gelatine is
dissolved. Sprinkle a generous half cupful of powdered sugar over the
cream. Now add the chocolate and gelatine mixture, and stir gently until it
begins to thicken. Line a quart charlotte−mould with lady fingers, and when
the cream is so thick that it will just pour, turn it gently into the mould.
Place the charlotte in a cold place for an hour or more, and, at serving time,
turn out on a flat dish.
CHOCOLATE BAVARIAN CREAM
For one large mould of cream, use half a package of gelatine, one gill of
milk, two quarts of whipped cream, one gill of sugar, and two and a half
ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate.
Soak the gelatine in cold water for two hours. Whip and drain the cream,
scrape the chocolate, and put the milk on to boil. Put the chocolate, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of hot water in a small saucepan, and stir
on a hot fire until smooth and glossy. Stir this into the hot milk. Now add
the soaked gelatine and the remainder of the sugar. Strain this mixture into
a basin that will hold two quarts or more. Place the basin in a pan of
ice−water, and stir until cold, when it will begin to thicken. Instantly begin
to stir in the whipped cream, adding half the amount at first. When all the
cream has been added, dip the mould in cold water and turn the cream into
 it. Place in the ice−chest for an hour or more.
At serving−time dip the mould in tepid water. See that the cream will come
from the sides of the mould, and turn out on a flat dish. Serve with whipped
cream.
CHOCOLATE CREAM
Soak a box of gelatine in half a pint of cold water for two hours. Put one
quart of milk in the double−boiler, and place on the fire. Shave two ounces
of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, and put it in a small
pan with four tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over a
hot fire until smooth and glossy, and then stir into the hot milk. Beat the
yolks of five eggs with half a cupful of sugar. Add to the gelatine, and stir
the mixture into the hot milk. Cook three minutes longer, stirring all the
while. On taking from the fire, add two teaspoonfuls of vanilla and half a
saltspoonful of salt. Strain, and pour into moulds that have been rinsed in
cold water. Set away to harden, and serve with sugar and cream.
CHOCOLATE BLANC−MANGE
Put one quart of milk in the double−boiler, and place on the fire. Sprinkle
into it one level tablespoonful of sea−moss farina. Cover, and cook until the
mixture looks white, stirring frequently. It will take about twenty minutes.
While the milk and farina are cooking, shave two ounces of Walter Baker
& Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, and put it into a small pan with four
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over a hot fire until
smooth and glossy, then stir into the cooked mixture. Add a saltspoonful of
salt and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Strain, and turn into a mould that has been
rinsed in cold water. Set the mould in a cold place, and do not disturb it
until the blanc−mange is cold and firm. Serve with sugar and cream.
CHOCOLATE CREAM RENVERSEE
Use one quart of milk, seven eggs, half a pint of sugar, one ounce of Walter
Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, half a teaspoonful of salt. Put the
milk on the fire in the double−boiler. Shave the chocolate, and put it in a
small pan with three tablespoonfuls of the sugar and one of boiling water.
Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossy; then stir into the hot milk, and
take the milk from the fire to cool.
Put three tablespoonfuls of sugar into a charlotte−mould that will hold a
little more than a quart, and place on the stove. When the sugar melts and
begins to smoke, move the mould round and round, to coat it with the burnt
sugar, then place on the table. Beat together the remainder of the sugar, the
eggs, and the salt. Add the cold milk and chocolate to the mixture, and after
straining into the charlotte−mould, place in a deep pan, with enough tepid
water to come nearly to the top of the mould. Bake in a moderate oven until
firm in the center. Test the cream by running a knife through the center. If
firm and smooth, it is done. It will take forty or forty−five minutes to cook.
When icy−cold, turn on a flat dish. Serve with whipped cream that has been
flavored with sugar and vanilla.
BAKED CHOCOLATE CUSTARD
For five small custards use one pint of milk, two eggs, one ounce of Walter
Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, one−fourth of a teaspoonful of
salt, and a piece of stick cinnamon about an inch long.
Put the cinnamon and milk in the double−boiler, place on the fire and cook
for ten minutes. Shave the chocolate, and put it in a small pan with three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of boiling water. Stir this over a hot fire
until smooth and glossy, and then stir it into the hot milk, after which take
the liquid mixture from the fire and cool.
Beat together with a spoon the eggs, salt and two tablespoonfuls of the
sugar. Add the cooled milk and strain. Pour the mixture into the cups,
which place in a deep pan. Pour into the pan enough tepid water to come
nearly to the top of the cups. Bake in a moderate oven until firm in the
center. It will take about half an hour. Test by running a knife through the
center. If the custard is milky, it is not done. Serve very cold.
CHOCOLATE SOUFFLÉ
Half a pint of milk, two ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, one rounding tablespoonful of butter, two
tablespoonfuls of flour, four eggs.
Put the milk in the double−boiler, and place on the fire. Beat the butter to a
soft cream, and beat the flour into it. Gradually pour the hot milk on this,
stirring all the time. Return to the fire and cook for six minutes. Put the
shaved chocolate, sugar, and two tablespoonfuls of water in a small pan
over a hot fire, and stir until smooth and glossy. Stir this into the mixture in
the double−boiler. Take from the fire and add the yolks of the eggs, well
beaten; then set away to cool. When cool add the whites of the eggs, beaten
to a stiff froth. Pour the batter into a well−buttered earthen dish that will
hold about a quart, and cook in a moderate oven for twenty−two minutes.
Serve immediately with vanilla cream sauce.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING
Reserve one gill of milk from a quart, and put the remainder on the fire in a
double−boiler. Mix three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with the cold milk.
Beat two eggs with half a cupful of powdered sugar and half a teaspoonful
of salt. Add this to the cornstarch and milk, and stir into the boiling milk,
beating well for a minute. Shave fine two ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Premium No. 1 Chocolate, and put it into a small pan with four
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over a hot fire until
smooth and glossy; then beat into the hot pudding. Cook the pudding in all
ten minutes, counting from the time the eggs and cornstarch are added.
Serve cold with powdered sugar and cream. This pudding can be poured
while hot into little cups which have been rinsed in cold water. At serving
time turn out on a flat dish, making a circle, and fill the center of the dish
with whipped cream flavored with sugar and vanilla.
The eggs may be omitted, in which case use one more tablespoonful of
cornstarch.
 CHOCOLATE MERINGUE PUDDING
For a small pudding use one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls and a half of
cornstarch, one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate, two eggs, five
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, one−fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, and
half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Mix the cornstarch with one gill of the milk. Put the remainder of the milk
on to boil in the double−boiler. Scrape the chocolate. When the milk boils,
add the cornstarch, salt, and chocolate, and cook for ten minutes. Beat the
yolks of the eggs with three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Pour the hot mixture
on this, and beat well. Turn into a pudding−dish that will hold about a
quart, and bake for twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff, dry froth, and gradually beat in the
remaining two tablespoonfuls of sugar and the vanilla. Spread this on the
pudding, and return to the oven. Cook for fifteen minutes longer, but with
the oven−door open. Serve either cold or hot.
MILTON PUDDING
Use one pint of stale bread broken in crumbs, one quart of milk, two eggs,
half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate,
grated. Put the bread, milk, cinnamon, and chocolate in a bowl, and soak
for two or three hours. Beat together the eggs, sugar, and salt. Mash the
soaked bread with a spoon, and add the egg mixture to the bread and milk.
Pour into a pudding−dish, and bake in a slow oven for about forty minutes.
Serve with an egg sauce or a vanilla cream sauce.
EGG SAUCE.−−Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff, dry froth; and beat
into this, a little at a time, one cupful of powdered sugar. When smooth and
light, add one teaspoonful of vanilla and the yolks of two eggs. Beat the
mixture a little longer; then stir in one cupful of whipped cream or three
tablespoonfuls of milk. Serve at once.
 VANILLA CREAM SAUCE.−−Beat to a cream three tablespoonfuls of
butter, and gradually beat into this two−thirds of a cupful of powdered
sugar. When this is light and creamy, add a teaspoonful of vanilla; then
gradually beat in two cupfuls of whipped cream. Place the bowl in a pan of
boiling water, and stir constantly for three minutes. Pour the sauce into a
warm bowl, and serve.
SNOW PUDDING
Put a pint of milk in the double−boiler and on the fire. Mix three
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with a gill of milk and one−third of a
teaspoonful of salt. Stir this into the milk when it boils. Beat the whites of
four eggs to a stiff froth, and then gradually beat into them half a cupful of
powdered sugar and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Add this to the cooking
mixture, and beat vigorously for one minute. Rinse a mould in cold water,
and pouring the pudding into it, set away to cool. At serving−time turn out
on a flat dish, and serve with chocolate sauce.
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
Put one pint of milk in the double−boiler, and on the fire. Shave two ounces
of Walter Baker and Co.'s Chocolate, and put it in a small pan with four
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over the fire until
smooth and glossy, and add to the hot milk. Beat together for eight minutes
the yolks of four eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and a saltspoonful of
salt, and then add one gill of cold milk.
Pour the boiling milk on this, stirring well. Return to the double−boiler, and
cook for five minutes, stirring all the time. Pour into a cold bowl and set the
bowl in cold water. Stir for a few minutes, and then occasionally until the
sauce is cold.
This sauce is nice for cold or hot cornstarch pudding, bread pudding, cold
cabinet pudding, snow pudding, etc. It will also answer for a dessert. Fill
custard glasses with it, and serve the same as soft custard; or have the
glasses two−thirds full, and heap up with whipped cream.
CHOCOLATE CANDY
One cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, one−half
pound of chocolate, a piece of butter half the size of an egg. Boil the milk
and molasses together, scrape the chocolate fine, and mix with just enough
of the boiling milk and molasses to moisten; rub it perfectly smooth, then,
with the sugar, stir into the boiling liquid; add the butter, and boil twenty
minutes. Try as molasses candy, and if it hardens, pour into a buttered dish.
Cut the same as nut candy.
CREAM CHOCOLATE CARAMELS
Mix together in a granite−ware saucepan half a pint of sugar, half a pint of
molasses, half a pint of thick cream, one generous tablespoonful of butter,
and four ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate. Place
on the fire and stir until the mixture boils. Cook until a few drops of it will
harden if dropped into ice−water; then pour into well−buttered pans, having
the mixture about three−fourths of an inch deep. When nearly cold, mark
into squares. It will take almost an hour to boil this in a granite−ware pan,
but not half so long if cooked in an iron frying−pan. Stir frequently while
boiling. The caramels must be put in a very cold place to harden.
SUGAR CHOCOLATE CARAMELS
Mix two cupfuls of sugar, three−fourths of a cupful of milk or cream, one
generous tablespoonful of butter, and three ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Premium No. 1 Chocolate. Place on the fire and cook, stirring often, until a
little of the mixture, when dropped in ice−water, will harden; then stir in
one−fourth of a cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of vanilla, and pour
into a well−buttered pan, having the mixture about three−fourths of an inch
deep. When nearly cold, mark it off in squares, and put in a cold place to
harden. These caramels are sugary and brittle, and can be made in the
hottest weather without trouble. If a deep granite−ware saucepan be used
for the boiling, it will take nearly an hour to cook the mixture; but if with
an iron frying−pan, twenty or thirty minutes will suffice.
CHOCOLATE CREAMS, No. 1
Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth. Gradually beat into this two
cupfuls of confectioners' sugar. If the eggs be large, it may take a little
more sugar. Flavor with half a teaspoonful of vanilla, and work well. Now
roll into little balls, and drop on a slightly buttered platter. Let the balls
stand for an hour or more. Shave five ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Premium No. 1 Chocolate and put into a small bowl, which place on the
fire in a saucepan containing boiling water. When the chocolate is melted,
take the saucepan to the table, and drop the creams into the chocolate one at
a time, taking them out with a fork and dropping them gently on the
buttered dish. It will take half an hour or more to harden the chocolate.
CHOCOLATE CREAMS, No. 2
For these creams you should make a fondant in this way: put into a
granite−ware saucepan one cupful of water and two of granulated
sugar−−or a pound of loaf sugar. Stir until the sugar is nearly melted, then
place on the fire and heat slowly, but do not stir the mixture. Watch
carefully and note when it begins to boil. When the sugar has been boiling
for ten minutes, take up a little of it and drop in ice−water. If it hardens
enough to form a soft ball when rolled between the thumb and finger, it is
cooked enough. Take the saucepan from the fire instantly, and set in a cool,
dry place. When the syrup is so cool that the finger can be held in it
comfortably, pour it into a bowl, and stir with a wooden spoon until it
becomes thick and white. When it begins to look dry, and a little hard, take
out the spoon, and work with the hand until the cream is soft and smooth.
Flavor with a few drops of vanilla, and, after shaping, cover with chocolate,
as directed in the preceding recipe.
Caution.−−Do not stir the syrup while it is cooking, and be careful not to
jar or shake the saucepan.
CHOCOLATE CONES
Boil the sugar as directed for fondant in the recipe for Chocolate Creams,
No. 2, but not quite so long−−say about eleven minutes. The syrup, when
tested, should be too soft to ball. When cold, pour into a bowl, and beat
until thick and creamy. If properly boiled, it will not become thick enough
to work with the hands.
Have six ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate melted
in a bowl. Pour half of the creamed sugar into another bowl, and, after
flavoring with a few drops of vanilla, add to it about one−third of the
dissolved chocolate. Stir until thick and rather dry; then make into small
cones, and drop on a slightly buttered platter. Put half of the remaining
creamed sugar in a cup, and set in a saucepan containing boiling water.
Flavor with vanilla, and stir over the fire until melted so much that it will
pour from the spoon. Take the saucepan to the table and dip one−half the
cones in, one at a time, just as the Chocolate Creams, No. 1, were dipped in
the melted chocolate. If liked, a second coating may be given the cones.
Now put the remainder of the creamed sugar on to melt, and add two
tablespoonfuls of hot water to it. Stir the remainder of the melted chocolate
into this, and if too thick to dip the candy in, add hot water, a few drops at a
time, until the mixture is of the right consistency; then dip the rest of the
cones in this.
GENESEE BON−BONS
Make the cream chocolate caramels, and get them quite firm by placing the
pan on ice. Make the chocolate coating as directed for chocolate cones. Dip
the caramels in this and put on a buttered dish.
CHOCOLATE SYRUP
Into a granite−ware saucepan put one ounce−−three tablespoonfuls−−of
Walter Baker & Co.'s Soluble Chocolate, and gradually pour on it half a
pint of boiling water, stirring all the time. Place on the fire, and stir until all
the chocolate is dissolved. Now add one pint of granulated sugar, and stir
until it begins to boil. Cook for three minutes longer, then strain and cool.
When cool, add one tablespoonful of vanilla extract. Bottle, and keep in a cold place.
 REFRESHING DRINKS FOR SUMMER
Put into a tumbler about two tablespoonfuls of broken ice, two
tablespoonfuls of chocolate syrup, three tablespoonfuls of whipped cream,
one gill of milk, and half a gill of soda−water from a syphon bottle, or
Apollinaris water. Stir well before drinking. A tablespoonful of vanilla
ice−cream is a desirable addition. It is a delicious drink, even if the soda or
Apollinaris water and ice−cream be omitted. A plainer drink is made by
combining the syrup, a gill and a half of milk, and the ice, shaking well.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS IN REGARD TO CHOCOLATE
The best flavor to add to chocolate is vanilla; next to that, cinnamon.
Beyond these two things one should use great caution, as it is very easy to
spoil the fine natural flavor of the bean. Chocolate absorbs odors readily;
therefore it should be kept in a pure, sweet atmosphere. As about eleven per
cent. of the chocolate bean is starch, chocolate and cocoa are of a much
finer flavor if boiled for a few minutes. Long boiling, however, ruins their
flavor and texture.
Recipes Specially Prepared by Miss Elizabeth Kevill Burr
(All measurements should be level.)
FORMULA FOR MAKING THREE GALLONS OF BREAKFAST
COCOA
1/2 a pound of Walter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa,
1−1/2 gallons of water, hot,
1−1/2 gallons of milk, hot.
This should not be allowed to boil. Either make it in a large double−boiler,
or a large saucepan or kettle over water. Mix the cocoa with enough cold
water to make a paste, and be sure it is free from lumps. Heat together the
milk and water, and pour in the cocoa; then cook at least an hour, stirring
occasionally.
CRACKED COCOA
To one−third a cup of Baker's Cracked Cocoa (sometimes called "Cocoa
Nibs") use three cups of cold water; cook slowly at least one hour−−the
longer the better. Then strain the liquid and add one cup (or more if
desired) of milk, and serve very hot. Do not allow the mixture to boil after
milk has been added.
VANILLA CHOCOLATE WITH WHIPPED CREAM
One cake (1/2 a pound) of Walter Baker & Co.'s Vanilla Sweet Chocolate,
4 cups of boiling water,
Pinch of salt,
4 cups of hot milk.
This must be made in a double−boiler. Put the chocolate, boiling water and
salt in upper part of the double−boiler. Stir and beat with a wooden spoon
until the chocolate is dissolved and smooth. Add the milk and when
thoroughly hot, strain, and serve with unsweetened whipped cream. More
cooking will improve it.
CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
Line a pie plate with rich pie crust, putting on an extra edge of crust the
same as for custard pie. Fill with the chocolate filling made after the
following recipe. Bake in a hot oven until crust is done; remove, and when
cool, cover with a meringue and brown very slowly in moderate oven.
CHOCOLATE FILLING
1 cup of milk,
Pinch of salt,
1−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
2 level tablespoonfuls of flour,
2 eggs (yolks),
5 tablespoonfuls of sugar (level),
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put milk, salt and chocolate in upper part of the double−boiler, and when
hot and smooth, stir in the flour, which has been mixed with enough cold
milk to be thin enough to pour into the hot milk. Cook, stirring constantly,
until it thickens; then let it cook eight or ten minutes. Mix the eggs and
sugar together and pour the hot mixture over them, stirring well; put back
in double−boiler and cook, stirring constantly one minute. Remove, and
when cool add one teaspoonful of vanilla.
MERINGUE
2 eggs (whites),
Pinch of salt,
4 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Add salt to eggs and beat in a large shallow dish with fork or egg−whip
until stiff and flaky and dish can be turned upside down. Beat in the sugar
slowly, then the vanilla, and beat until the dish can be turned upside down.
COCOA STICKS
6 tablespoonfuls of butter,
3/4 cup of sugar (scant),
1 egg,
1 tablespoonful of milk,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla or pinch of cinnamon,
5 teaspoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
1/8 teaspoonful of baking powder,
1−1/4 to 1−1/2 cups of sifted pastry flour.
Cream the butter until soft; add the sugar gradually and beat well; add the
beaten egg, milk and vanilla; mix thoroughly. Sift cocoa, baking powder,
and a pinch of salt with about one−half cup of the flour; stir this into the
mixture first, then use the remainder of the flour, and more if necessary, to
make a firm dough that will not stick to the fingers. Set on the ice to
harden. Sprinkle the board with cocoa and a very little sugar. Use small
pieces of the dough at a time, toss it over the board to prevent sticking, roll
out thin, cut in strips about one−half inch wide and three inches long. Place
closely in pan and bake in moderately hot oven three or four minutes. Great
care should be taken in the baking to prevent burning.
It is advisable to gather the scraps after each rolling, if soft, and set away to
harden, for fear of getting in too much cocoa, thus making them bitter.
The colder and harder the dough is, the better it can be handled; therefore it
can be made the day before using.
COCOA FROSTING
4 teaspoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
2 tablespoonfuls of cold water,
3 tablespoonfuls of hot water,
1/2 a teaspoonful of vanilla,
About 1−3/4 cups of confectioners' sugar.
Put the cocoa in a small saucepan; add the cold water and stir until
perfectly smooth; then the hot water, and cook for one or two minutes, add
vanilla and a speck of salt, then stir in enough sugar to make it stiff enough
to spread nicely. Beat until smooth and glossy and free from lumps.
If too thick, add a little cold water. If not thick enough, add a little sugar.
Never make a frosting so stiff that it will have to be made smooth with a
wet knife. It is better to let it run to the sides of the cake. For frosting sides
of the cake, make a little stiffer.
 This frosting never cracks as an egg frosting, but is hard enough to cut
nicely.
COCOA SAUCE
2 tablespoonfuls of butter,
1 cup of boiling water,
2 tablespoonfuls of flour,
4 tablespoonfuls of sugar,
4 teaspoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Melt the butter in the saucepan; mix the flour and cocoa together and stir
into the butter; add gradually the hot water, stirring and beating each time;
cook until it thickens. Just before serving, add the sugar, vanilla and a pinch
of salt, if necessary.
Use more cocoa if liked stronger. This sauce will be found excellent for
cottage puddings, Dutch apple cakes, steamed apple puddings, etc.
COCOA CAKE
1/2 a cup of butter,
3/4 a cup of milk,
1 cup of sugar,
6 level tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
3 eggs,
2 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1−1/2 or 2 cups of sifted pastry flour.
Cream the butter, stir in the sugar gradually, add the unbeaten eggs, and
beat all together until very creamy. Sift together one−half cup of the flour,
the cocoa and baking powder; use this flour first, then alternate the milk
and remaining flour, using enough to make mixture stiff enough to drop
from the spoon; add vanilla and beat until very smooth; then bake in loaf in
moderately hot oven thirty−five or forty minutes.
Tests for baking cake. It is baked enough when:
1. It shrinks from the pan.
2. Touching it on the top, springs back.
3. No singing sound.
COCOA MERINGUE PUDDING
1 cup of milk,
2 eggs (yolks),
2 tablespoonfuls of flour,
Pinch of salt,
4 teaspoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
3 tablespoonfuls of sugar,
1/2 a teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put the milk in the upper part of the double−boiler, and heat. Mix flour and
cocoa together and soften in a little cold milk; mix until free from lumps.
When the milk is hot, add the flour, and cook, stirring often, eight or ten
minutes. Beat yolks of eggs lightly; add sugar and salt, and mix well. When
mixture in double−boiler has cooked sufficiently, strain it over the mixture
in the bowl. Put back in double−boiler and allow it to cook one or two
minutes (stirring constantly), just enough to slightly thicken the eggs.
Remove from the stove, and when cool add vanilla and put in the
serving−dish. Cover with a meringue. Place dish on a board, put in the oven
with the door open, and allow it to remain there for ten or fifteen minutes,
and when the meringue will not stick to the fingers, close the door and let it
brown slightly. This pudding can be eaten warm or cold, but is much better
cold. This will serve four persons generously.
CHOCOLATE ALMONDS
Blanch the almonds by pouring boiling water on them, and let them stand
two or three minutes. Roast them in oven. Dip them in the following recipe
for chocolate coating, and drop on paraffine paper.
1/2 pound cake of Walter Baker's Vanilla Sweet Chocolate, 2 level
tablespoonfuls of butter,
2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water.
Put chocolate in small saucepan over boiling water and when melted stir in
butter and water. Mix well. If found to be too thick, add more water; if too
thin, more chocolate.
HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE
1 cup of boiling water,
Pinch of salt,
1 square of chocolate,
1/2 a cup of sugar.
Cook all together slowly until it is the consistency of maple syrup, or
thicker if desired. Just before serving, add one teaspoonful of vanilla. This
will keep indefinitely, and can be reheated.
COCOA SPONGE CAKE
4 eggs,
1/4 a cup of sugar,
Pinch of salt,
4 tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
1/2 a cup of sifted pastry flour,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Separate yolks from whites of eggs; beat yolks in a small bowl with the
Dover egg−beater until very thick; add sugar, salt and vanilla, and beat
again until very thick. Sift cocoa and the flour together and stir very lightly
into the mixture; fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, and bake in a
loaf in a moderate oven until done.
Do not butter the pan, but when cake is baked, invert the pan; and when
cool, remove the cake.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1 square of Baker's Chocolate,
Pinch of salt,
5 tablespoonfuls of boiling water,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
About three cups of sifted confectioners' sugar.
Melt chocolate in bowl over tea−kettle, add water, salt and vanilla, and
when smooth add the sugar, and heat until very glossy. Make the frosting
stiff enough to spread without using a wet knife. It will keep indefinitely.
CHOCOLATE CAKE, OR DEVIL'S FOOD
5 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1−1/4 cups of sugar,
3−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate, (melted),
3 eggs,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
3/4 a cup of milk,
3−1/2 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1−1/2 cups of sifted pastry flour.
Cream the butter, add sugar and chocolate, then the unbeaten eggs and
vanilla, and beat together until very smooth. Sift the baking powder with
one−half a cup of the flour, and use first; then alternate the milk and the
remaining flour, and make the mixture stiff enough to drop from the spoon.
Beat until very smooth and bake in loaf in moderate oven. For tests see
Cocoa Cake recipe on page 25.
CHOCOLATE ICE−CREAM
1 quart of milk,
Pinch of salt,
3 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
3 level tablespoonfuls of flour,
1 can of sweetened condensed milk,
3 eggs,
6 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
3 teaspoonfuls of vanilla.
Put milk, salt and chocolate in double−boiler, and when milk is hot and
chocolate has melted, stir in the flour, previously mixed in a little cold
milk. Cook ten minutes, then pour this over the condensed milk, eggs and
sugar mixed together; cook again for four minutes, stirring. Strain, and
when cool add vanilla, and freeze.
CHOCOLATE WHIP
1 cup of milk,
1−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
Pinch of salt,
2 level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch,
2 eggs (yolks),
6 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla,
5 eggs (whites).
Put milk, chocolate and salt in double−boiler; mix cornstarch in a small
quantity of cold milk, and stir into the hot milk when the chocolate has
been melted; stir until smooth, then cook twelve minutes. Mix together the
yolks of the eggs and sugar, then pour the hot mixture over it; cook again
one or two minutes, stirring. When very cold, just before serving, add the
vanilla and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Pile lightly in a
glass dish and serve with lady fingers. A meringue can be made of the
whites of the eggs and sugar, then folded in the chocolate mixture, but it
does not stand as long.
COCOA MARBLE CAKE
6 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1 cup of granulated sugar,
 3 eggs,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
3/4 a cup of milk.
Three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, about one and three−quarter
cups of sifted flour, or flour enough to make mixture stiff enough to drop
from the spoon. Mix in the order given. Reserve one−third of this mixture
and add to it four level tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa and to the other
one cup of shredded cocoanut. Bake thirty−five or forty minutes according
to size and shape of pan.
CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE
This is the same as the Cocoa Marble Cake. Add to one−third of the
mixture one and one−half squares of Baker's Chocolate in place of the
cocoa, and one cup of chopped walnuts to the other part in place of the
shredded cocoanut.
CHOCOLATE JELLY
1 pint of boiling water,
1/3 a package of gelatine,
2 pinches of salt,
2 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
1−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put the water, salt and chocolate in a saucepan. Cook, stirring until the
chocolate melts, then let it boil for three or five minutes. Soften the gelatine
in a little cold water and pour the boiling mixture over it. Stir until
dissolved, then add sugar and vanilla. Pour into a mould and set aside to
harden, serve with cream and powdered sugar or sweetened whipped
cream.
COTTAGE PUDDING
4 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
2 eggs,
1 cup of sugar,
3/4 a cup of milk.
Two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one and three−quarter cups of
sifted flour or enough to make mixture stiff enough to drop from the spoon.
Bake in buttered gem pans in moderately hot oven twenty−three or
twenty−five minutes. If the cake springs back after pressing a finger on the
top, it shows that it is baked enough. To make a cocoa cottage pudding add
to the above rule six level tablespoonfuls of cocoa. Serve with a vanilla
sauce.
VANILLA SAUCE
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1 cup of boiling water,
2 level tablespoonfuls of flour,
4 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
Pinch of salt,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Melt butter in saucepan, add flour and salt and mix until smooth; add
slowly the boiling water, stirring and beating well. Add sugar and milk.
COCOANUT SOUFFLÉ
1 cup of milk,
1 pinch of salt,
3 level tablespoonfuls of flour, softened in a little cold milk. 2 level
tablespoonfuls of butter,
4 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
Yolks of 4 eggs,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1 cup of shredded cocoanut,
Whites of 4 eggs.
 Heat milk, add salt and flour and cook ten minutes after it has thickened.
Mix together, butter, sugar and yolks of eggs. Pour hot mixture over,
stirring well and set aside to cool. Add vanilla and cocoanut. Lastly fold in
the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in buttered pan, in moderate
oven until firm. Serve hot with Chocolate Sauce.
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1 level tablespoonful of flour,
Pinch of salt,
1 cup of boiling water,
1 square of Baker's Chocolate,
4 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Melt butter in saucepan, add dry flour and salt and mix until smooth, then
add slowly the hot water, beating well. Add the square of chocolate and
sugar and stir until melted. Add vanilla, just before serving.
COCOA BISCUIT
2 cups or 1 pint of sifted flour,
3 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1/2 a teaspoonful of salt,
2 level tablespoonfuls of sugar,
4 level tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter or lard,
2/3 a cup of milk or enough to make a firm but not a stiff dough.
Sift all the dry ingredients together, rub in the butter with the tips of the
fingers. Stir in the required amount of milk. Turn out on slightly floured
board, roll or pat out the desired thickness, place close together in pan and
bake in very hot oven ten or fifteen minutes.
COCOA FUDGE
[Illustration: COCOA FUDGE.]
1/2 a cup of milk,
3 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
2−1/2 cups of powdered sugar,
6 tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa,
Pinch of salt,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Mix all ingredients together but vanilla; cook, stirring constantly, until it
begins to boil, then cook slowly, stirring occasionally, eight or ten minutes,
or until it makes a firm ball when dropped in cold water. When cooked
enough, add the vanilla and beat until it seems like very cold molasses in
winter. Pour into a buttered pan; when firm, cut in squares. Great care must
be taken not to beat too much, because it cannot be poured into the pan, and
will not have a gloss on top.
Miss M.E. Robinson's Recipes
PLAIN CHOCOLATE
1 ounce or square of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
3 tablespoonfuls of sugar,
1/8 a teaspoonful of salt,
1 pint of boiling water,
1 pint of milk.
Place the chocolate, sugar and salt in the agate chocolate−pot or saucepan,
add the boiling water and boil three minutes, stirring once or twice, as the
chocolate is not grated. Add the milk and allow it time to heat, being
careful not to boil the milk, and keep it closely covered, as this prevents the
scum from forming. When ready to serve turn in chocolate−pitcher and
beat with Dover egg−beater until light and foamy.
COCOA DOUGHNUTS
One egg, one−half a cup of sugar, one−half a cup of milk, one−quarter
teaspoonful of salt, one−quarter teaspoonful of cinnamon extract
(Burnett's), two cups of flour, one−quarter cup of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix in the order given, sifting the
baking powder and cocoa with the flour. Roll to one−third an inch in
thickness, cut and fry.
COCOA SPONGE CAKE
3 eggs,
1−1/2 cups of sugar,
1/2 a cup of cold water,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1−3/4 cups of flour,
1/4 a cup of Baker's Cocoa,
2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1 teaspoonful of cinnamon.
Beat yolks of eggs light, add water, vanilla and sugar; beat again
thoroughly; then add the flour, with which the baking powder, cocoa and
cinnamon have been sifted. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs.
Bake in a rather quick oven for twenty−five or thirty minutes.
COCOA MARBLE CAKE
1/3 a cup of butter,
1 cup of sugar,
1 egg,
1/2 a cup of milk,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
2 cups of flour,
2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
3 tablespoonfuls of Baker's Cocoa.
Cream the butter, add sugar, vanilla and egg; beat thoroughly, then add
flour (in which is mixed the baking powder) and milk, alternately, until all
added. To one−third of the mixture add the cocoa, and drop the white and
brown mixture in spoonfuls into small, deep pans, and bake about forty
minutes in moderate oven.
COCOA BUNS
2 tablespoonfuls of butter,
1/3 a cup of sugar,
1 egg,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
1 cup of scalded milk,
2 compressed yeast cakes softened in 1/2 a cup of warm water, 1/4 a
teaspoonful of extract cinnamon,
1/2 a cup of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa,
3−1/2 to 4 cups of flour.
Mix in order given, having dough as soft as can be handled, turn onto
moulding board, roll into a square about an inch in thickness, sprinkle on
one−half cup of currants, fold the sides to meet the centre, then each end to
centre, and fold again. Roll as at first, using another one−half cup currants,
fold, roll and fold again. Place in a bowl which is set in pan of warm water,
let raise forty minutes. Shape, place in pan, let raise until doubled in size.
Bake fifteen to twenty minutes. As you take from oven, brush the top with
white of one egg beaten with one−half cup confectioners' sugar. Let stand
five minutes. Then they are ready to serve.
MRS. RORER'S CHOCOLATE CAKE
2 ounces of chocolate,
4 eggs,
1/2 a cup of milk,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1/2 a cup of butter,
1−1/2 cups of sugar,
1 heaping teaspoonful of baking powder,
1−3/4 cups of flour.
Dissolve the chocolate in five tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Beat the
butter to a cream, add the yolks, beat again, then the milk, then the melted
chocolate and flour. Give the whole a vigorous beating. Now beat the
whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them carefully into the mixture;
add the vanilla and baking powder. Mix quickly and lightly, turn into
well−greased cake pan and bake in a moderate oven forty−five
minutes.−−From Mrs. Rorer's Cook Book.
MRS. LINCOLN'S CHOCOLATE CARAMELS
One cup of molasses, half a cup of sugar, one−quarter of a pound of
chocolate cut fine, half a cup of milk, and one heaping tablespoonful of
butter. Boil all together, stirring all the time. When it hardens in cold water,
pour it into shallow pans, and as it cools cut in small squares.−−From Mrs.
Lincoln's Boston Cook Book.
MISS FARMER'S CHOCOLATE NOUGAT CAKE
1/4 a cup of butter,
1−1/2 cups of powdered sugar,
1 egg,
1 cup of milk,
2 cups of bread flour,
3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1/2 teaspoonful of vanilla,
2 squares of chocolate, melted,
1/2 a cup of powdered sugar,
2/3 a cup of almonds blanched and shredded.
Cream the butter, add gradually one and one−half cups of sugar, and egg
unbeaten; when well mixed, add two−thirds milk, flour mixed and sifted
with baking powder, and vanilla. To melted chocolate add one−third a cup
of powdered sugar, place on range, add gradually remaining milk, and cook
until smooth. Cool slightly and add to cake mixture. Bake fifteen to twenty
minutes in round layer−cake pans. Put between layers and on top of cake
White Mountain Cream sprinkled with almonds.−−_From Boston Cooking
School Cook Book−−Fannie Merritt Farmer._
MRS. ARMSTRONG'S CHOCOLATE PUDDING
Soften three cups of stale bread in an equal quantity of milk. Melt two
squares of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate over hot water and mix with
half a cup of sugar, a little salt, three beaten eggs and half a teaspoonful of
vanilla. Mix this thoroughly with the bread and place in well−buttered
custard−cups. Steam about half an hour (according to size) and serve in the
cups or turned out on warm plate.−−_Mrs. Helen Armstrong._
MRS. ARMSTRONG'S CHOCOLATE CHARLOTTE
Soak a quarter of a package of gelatine in one−fourth of a cupful of cold
water. Whip one pint of cream to a froth and put it in a bowl, which should
be placed in a pan of ice water. Put an ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Chocolate in a small pan with two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of
boiling water, and stir over the hot fire until smooth and glossy. Add to this
a gill of hot milk and the soaked gelatine, and stir until the gelatine is
dissolved. Sprinkle a generous half cupful of powdered sugar over the
cream. Now add the chocolate and gelatine mixture and stir gently until it
begins to thicken. Line a quart charlotte mould with lady fingers, and when
the cream is so thick that it will just pour, turn it gently into the mould.
Place the charlotte in a cold place for an hour or more, and at serving time
turn out on a flat dish.−−Mrs. Helen Armstrong.
CHOCOLATE JELLY WITH CRYSTALLIZED GREEN GAGES
Dissolve in a quart of water three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate; let
come to a boil; simmer ten minutes; add a cup of sugar and a box of
gelatine (that has been softened in a cup of water) and strain through a jelly
bag or two thicknesses of cheese−cloth. When almost cold, add a
dessertspoonful of vanilla and a tablespoonful of brandy. Then whisk well;
add half a pound of crystallized green gages cut into small pieces; pour into
a pretty mould, and when cold serve with whipped cream.
MRS. BEDFORD'S CHOCOLATE CRULLERS
Cream two tablespoonfuls of butter and one−half of a cupful of sugar;
gradually add the beaten yolks of three eggs and one and one−half cupfuls
more of sugar, one cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of vanilla, two
ounces of chocolate grated and melted over hot water, one−third of a
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one−half of a teaspoonful of boiling water,
the whites of the eggs whipped to a stiff froth, and sufficient sifted flour to
make a soft dough. Roll out, cut into oblongs; divide each into three strips,
leaving the dough united at one end. Braid loosely, pinch the ends together
and cook until golden−brown in smoking−hot fat.−−Mrs. Cornelia C.
Bedford.
MRS. BEDFORD'S HOT COCOA SAUCE FOR ICE−CREAM
Boil together one and one−half cupfuls of water and one cupful of sugar for
two minutes; add one tablespoonful of arrowroot dissolved in a little cold
water, stir for a moment, then boil until clear. Add two tablespoonfuls of
cocoa which has been dissolved in a little hot water and a tiny pinch of salt
and boil three minutes longer. Take from the fire and add one teaspoonful
of vanilla.−−Mrs. Cornelia C. Bedford.
MRS. BEDFORD'S CHOCOLATE MACAROONS
Grate one−quarter of a pound of chocolate and mix one−quarter of a pound
of sifted powdered sugar and one−quarter of a pound of blanched and
ground almonds. Add a pinch of cinnamon and mix to a soft paste with
eggs beaten until thick. Drop in half−teaspoonfuls on slightly buttered
paper and bake in a moderate oven. Do not take from the paper until cold;
then brush the under side with cold water, and the paper can be readily
stripped off.−−Mrs. Cornelia C. Bedford.
MRS. EWING'S CREAMY COCOA
Stir together in a saucepan half a cup of Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast
Cocoa, half a cup of flour, half a cup of granulated sugar and half a
teaspoonful of salt. Add gradually one quart of boiling water and let the
mixture boil five minutes, stirring it constantly. Remove from the fire, add
a quart of boiling milk, and serve. If desired a spoonful of whipped cream
may be put in each cup before filling with the cocoa.
The proportions given will make delicious, creamy cocoa, sufficient to
serve twelve persons. The flour should be sifted before it is measured.−−By
Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, author of "The Art of Cookery."
MRS. EWING'S CREAMY CHOCOLATE
Mix together half a cup of sifted flour, half a cup of granulated sugar and
half a teaspoonful of salt. Put into a saucepan half a cup of Walter Baker &
Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, finely shaved. Add one quart of boiling
water, stir until dissolved, add the flour, sugar and salt, and boil gently,
stirring constantly, five minutes. Then stir in a quart of boiling milk, and
serve with or without whipped cream.−−_Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, author of
"The Art of Cookery."_
MRS. HILL'S COCOA FRAPPÉ
Mix half a pound of cocoa and three cupfuls of sugar; cook with two
cupfuls of boiling water until smooth; add to three quarts and a half of milk
scalded with cinnamon bark; cook for ten minutes. Beat in the beaten
whites of two eggs mixed with a cupful of sugar and a pint of whipped
cream. Cool, flavor with vanilla extract, and freeze. Serve in cups. Garnish
with whipped cream.−−_Janet McKenzie Hill−−Ladies' Home Journal._
MRS. HILL'S CHOCOLATE PUFFS
Stir a cupful of flour into a cupful of water and half a cupful of butter,
boiling together; remove from fire, beat in an ounce of melted chocolate,
and, one at a time, three large eggs. Shape with forcing bag and rose tube.
Bake, cut off the tops and put into each cake a tablespoonful of strawberry
preserves. Cover with whipped cream sweetened and flavored.−−Janet
McKenzie Hill−−Ladies' Home Journal.
MISS FARMER'S CHOCOLATE CREAM CANDY
2 cups of sugar,
2/3 a cup of milk,
1 tablespoonful of butter,
2 squares of chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Put butter into granite saucepan; when melted add sugar and milk. Heat to
boiling point; then add chocolate, and stir constantly until chocolate is
melted. Boil thirteen minutes, remove from fire, add vanilla, and beat until
creamy and mixture begins to sugar slightly around edge of saucepan. Pour
at once into a buttered pan, cool slightly and mark in squares. Omit vanilla,
and add, while cooking, one−fourth of a teaspoonful of
cinnamon.−−_Boston Cooking School Cook Book−−Fannie Merritt
Farmer._
MRS. SALZBACHER'S CHOCOLATE HEARTS
Melt, by standing over hot water, three ounces of unsweetened chocolate;
add a pound of sifted powdered sugar and mix thoroughly; work to a stiff
yet pliable paste with the unbeaten whites of three eggs (or less), adding
vanilla to flavor. If the paste seems too soft, add more sugar. Break off in
small pieces and roll out about one−fourth of an inch thick, sprinkling the
board and paste with granulated sugar instead of flour. Cut with a tiny
heart−shaped cake cutter (any other small cake cutter will do), and place on
pans oiled just enough to prevent sticking. Bake in a very moderate oven.
When done, they will feel firm to the touch, a solid crust having formed
over the top. They should be very light, and will loosen easily from the pan
after being allowed to stand a moment to cool. The success of these cakes
depends upon the oven, which should not be as cool as for meringue, nor
quite so hot as for sponge cake. If properly made, they are very excellent
and but little labor. Use the yolks for chocolate whips.−−_From "Good
Housekeeping."_
COCOA CHARLOTTE (Without Cream)
1 pint of water,
Whites of 2 eggs,
1/2 a teaspoonful of vanilla,
1/2 a cup of sugar,
2 level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch,
1/2 a teaspoonful of cinnamon,
3 tablespoonfuls of cocoa.
Dissolve the cornstarch in a quarter of a cup of cold water, add it to the pint
of boiling water, stir until it thickens, add the sugar and the cocoa, which
have been thoroughly mixed together. Remove from the fire, add the
cinnamon and vanilla, and pour slowly over the stiffly beaten whites of
eggs. Pour at once into a pudding mould, and put away in a cold place to
harden. Serve with plain cream.−−Mabel Richards Dulon.
CHOCOLATE FUDGE WITH FRUIT
Two cups of sugar, one−half cup of milk, one−half cup of molasses,
one−half cup of butter; mix all together and boil seven minutes; add
one−half cup of Baker's Chocolate and boil seven minutes longer. Then add
two tablespoonfuls of figs, two tablespoonfuls of raisins, one−half a cup of
English walnuts and one teaspoonful of vanilla.
CHOCOLATE MACAROONS
Stir to a paste whites of seven eggs, three−fourths a pound of sifted sugar,
one−half a pound of almonds pounded very fine, and two ounces of grated
Baker's Chocolate. Have ready wafer paper cut round, on which lay pieces
of the mixture rolled to fit the wafer. Press one−half a blanched almond on
each macaroon and bake in a moderate oven.
PETITS FOUR
Bake a simple, light sponge cake in a shallow biscuit tin or dripping pan,
and when cold turn out on the moulding board and cut into small dominoes
or diamonds. They should be about an inch in depth. Split each one and
 spread jelly or frosting between the layers, then ice tops and sides with
different tinted icings, pale green flavored with pistachio, pale pink with
rose, yellow with orange, white with almond. Little domino cakes are also
pretty. Ice the cakes on top and sides with white icing, then when hard put
on a second layer of chocolate, using _Walter Baker & Co.'s Unsweetened
Chocolate_ and made as for layer cake, dipping the brush in the melted
chocolate to make the spots.
Candied violets, bits of citron cut in fancy shapes, candied cherries and
angelica may all be utilized in making pretty designs in
decoration.−−American Housekeeper.
POTATO CAKE
Two cups of white sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of hot mashed
potatoes, one cup of chopped walnuts, half a cup of sweet milk, two cups of
flour, four eggs well beaten, five teaspoonfuls of melted chocolate, one
tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Bake in layers and use marshmallow filling.
SPANISH CHOCOLATE CAKE
One cup of sugar, one−half a cup of butter, one−half a cup of sweet milk,
three cups of flour, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot
water. Put on the stove one cup of milk, one−half a cup of Baker's
Chocolate, grated; stir until dissolved; then stir into it one cup of sugar and
the yolk of one egg stirred together; when cool flavor with vanilla. While
this is cooling beat up the first part of the cake and add the chocolate
custard. Bake in layers. Ice on top and between the layers.
Home Made Candies
Recipes Specially Prepared by Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill
PEPPERMINTS, CHOCOLATE MINTS, Etc.
(Uncooked Fondant)
White of 1 egg,
2 tablespoonfuls of cold water,
Sifted confectioner's sugar,
1/2 teaspoonful of essence of peppermint or a few drops of oil of
peppermint,
1 or 2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
Green color paste,
Pink color paste.
Beat the egg on a plate, add the cold water and gradually work in sugar
enough to make a firm paste. Divide the sugar paste into three parts. To one
part add the peppermint and a very little of the green color paste. Take the
paste from the jar with a wooden tooth pick, add but a little. Work and
knead the mixture until the paste is evenly distributed throughout. Roll the
candy into a sheet one−fourth an inch thick, then cut out into small rounds
or other shape with any utensil that is convenient. Color the second part a
very delicate pink, flavor with rose extract and cut out in the same manner
as the first. To the last part add one or two squares of Baker's Chocolate,
melted over hot water, and flavor with peppermint. Add also a little water,
as the chocolate will make the mixture thick and crumbly. Begin by adding
a tablespoonful of water, then add more if necessary, knead and cut these as
the others.
CHOCOLATE CARAMEL WALNUTS
(Uncooked Fondant)
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE CARAMEL WALNUTS.]
White of 1 egg,
3 tablespoonfuls of maple or caramel syrup,
1 tablespoonful of water,
Sifted confectioner's sugar,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
 2 or more squares of Baker's Chocolate,
English walnuts.
Beat the white of egg slightly, add the syrup, water, sugar as needed, the
chocolate, melted over hot water, and the vanilla, also more water if
necessary. Work with a silver plated knife and knead until thoroughly
mixed, then break off small pieces of uniform size and roll them into balls,
in the hollow of the hand, flatten the balls a little, set the half of an English
walnut upon each, pressing the nut into the candy and thus flattening it still
more. The caramel gives the chocolate a particularly nice flavor.
HOW TO COAT CANDIES, &c., WITH BAKER'S "DOT" CHOCOLATE
Half a pound of "Dot" Chocolate will coat quite a number of candy or other
"centers," but as depth of chocolate and an even temperature during the
whole time one is at work are essential, it is well, when convenient, to melt
a larger quantity of chocolate. When cold, the unused chocolate may be cut
from the dish and set aside for use at a future time. If the chocolate be at the
proper temperature when the centers are dipped in it, it will give a rich,
glossy coating free from spots, and the candies will not have a spreading
base. After a few centers have been dipped set them in a cool place to
harden. The necessary utensils are a wire fork and a very small double
boiler. The inner dish of the boiler should be of such size that the melted
chocolate will come nearly to the top of it. Break the chocolate in small
pieces and surround with warm water, stir occasionally while melting.
When the melted chocolate has cooled to about 80° F. it is ready to use.
Drop whatever is to be coated into the chocolate, with the fork push it
below the chocolate, lift out, draw across the edge of the dish and drop onto
a piece of table oil cloth or onto waxed paper. Do not let a drop of water get
into the chocolate.
CHOCOLATE DIPPED PEPPERMINTSPrepare green, white, pink and chocolate colored mints by the first recipe.
After they have dried off a little run a spatula under each and turn to dry the
other side. Coat with Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
GINGER, CHERRY, APRICOT and NUT CHOCOLATES
[Illustration: GINGER, CHERRY, APRICOT AND NUT
CHOCOLATES.]
White of 1 egg,
2 tablespoonfuls of cold water,
Sifted confectioner's sugar,
Almond or rose extract,
Preserved ginger,
Candied cherries,
Candied apricots,
Halves of almond,
Halves of pecan nuts,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Use the first four ingredients in making uncooked fondant. (Caramel syrup
is a great addition to this fondant, especially if nuts are to be used. Use
three tablespoonfuls of syrup and one tablespoonful of water with one egg
white instead of the two tablespoonfuls of water indicated in the recipe).
Work the fondant for some time, then break off little bits and wrap around
small pieces of the fruit, then roll in the hollow of the hand into balls or
oblongs. For other candies, roll a piece of the fondant into a ball, flatten it
with the fingers and use to cover a whole pecan or English walnut meat. Set
each shape on a plate as it is finished. They will harden very quickly. Dip
these, one by one, in Baker's "Dot" Chocolate and set on an oil cloth.
CHOCOLATE PEANUT CLUSTERS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE PEANUT CLUSTERS.]
Shell a quart of freshly−roasted peanuts and remove the skins. Drop the
peanuts, one by one, into the center of a dish of "Dot" Chocolate made
ready for use; lift out onto oil cloth with a dipping fork (a wire fork comes
for the purpose, but a silver oyster fork answers nicely) to make groups of
three nuts,−−two below, side by side, and one above and between the
others.
CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS.]
Select nuts that are plump at the ends. Use them without blanching. Brush,
to remove dust. Melt "Dot" Chocolate and when cooled properly drop the
nuts, one at a time, into the center of it; push the nuts under with the fork,
then drop onto waxed paper or oil cloth. In removing the fork make a
design on the top of each nut. These are easily prepared and are particularly
good.
PLAIN AND CHOCOLATE DIPPED PARISIAN SWEETS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE DIPPED PARISIAN SWEETS.]
1/2 a cup of Sultana raisins,
5 figs,
1 cup of dates,
2 ounces citron,
2/3 a cup of nut meats, (almonds, filberts, pecans or walnuts, one
variety or a mixture),
1−1/2 ounces of Baker's Chocolate,
1/3 a cup of confectioner's sugar,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
Chocolate Fondant or
Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Pour boiling water over the figs and dates, let boil up once, then drain as
dry as possible; remove stones from the dates, the stem ends from the figs;
chop the fruit and nut meats (almonds should be blanched) in a food
chopper; add the salt; and the sugar and work the whole to a smooth paste;
add the chocolate, melted, and work it evenly through the mass. Add more
sugar if it is needed and roll the mixture into a sheet one−fourth an inch
thick. Cut into strips an inch wide. Cut the strips into diamond−shaped
pieces (or squares); roll these in confectioner's sugar or dip them in
chocolate fondant or in Baker's "Dot" Chocolate, and sprinkle a little
fine−chopped pistachio nut meats on the top of the dipped pieces. When
rolling the mixture use confectioner's sugar on board and rolling pin.
STUFFED DATES, CHOCOLATE DIPPED
[Illustration: STUFFED DATES, CHOCOLATE DIPPED.]
Cut choice dates open on one side and remove the seeds. Fill the open
space in the dates with a strip of preserved ginger or pineapple, chopped
nuts or chopped nuts mixed with white or chocolate fondant; press the dates
into a compact form to keep in the filling, then dip them, one by one, in
"Dot" Chocolate.
CHOCOLATE OYSTERETTES, PLAIN AND WITH CHOPPED FIGS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE OYSTERETTES.]
Oyster crackers, salted preferred, fine−chopped, roasted peanuts or
raisins or 3 or 4 basket figs or a little French fruit cut in very small bits,
1/2 a pound or more of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Select fresh−baked crackers free from crumbs. Dip in "Dot" Chocolate,
made ready as in previous recipes, and dispose on oil cloth or waxed paper.
For a change add figs or other fruit, cut very fine, or chopped nuts to the
chocolate ready for dipping.
 TURKISH PASTE WITH FRENCH FRUIT, CHOCOLATE
FLAVORED
[Illustration: TURKISH PASTE WITH FRENCH FRUIT.]
3 level tablespoonfuls of granulated gelatine,
1/2 a cup of cold water,
2 cups of sugar,
2/3 a cup of cold water,
1 teaspoonful of ground cinnamon,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
1 cup of French candied fruit, cherries, angelica, citron, etc., chopped fine.
Let the gelatine stand in the half cup of cold water until it has taken up all
of the water. Stir the sugar and the two−thirds a cup of cold water over the
fire until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup is boiling, then add the
gelatine and let cook twenty minutes; add the cinnamon, the chocolate,
melted over hot water, and beat all together, then add the vanilla and the
fruit; let stand in a cool place for a time, then when it thickens a little turn
into an unbuttered bread pan and set aside until the next day. To unmold
separate the paste from the pan−−at the edge−−with a sharp−pointed knife.
Sift confectioner's sugar over the top, then with the tips of the fingers
gently pull the paste from the pan to a board dredged with confectioner's
sugar; cut into strips, then into small squares. Roll each square in
confectioner's sugar. In cutting keep sugar between the knife and the paste.
CHOICE CHOCOLATE PECAN PRALINES
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE PECAN PRALINES.]
3 cups of granulated sugar,
1 cup of cream,
1 cup of sugar cooked to caramel,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
3 cups of pecan nut meats.
Stir the sugar and cream over the fire until the sugar is melted, then let boil
to the soft ball degree, or to 236° F. Add the chocolate, melted or shaved
fine, and beat it in, then pour the mixture onto the cup of sugar cooked to
caramel; let the mixture boil up once, then remove from the fire; add the
nut meats and beat until the mass begins to thicken. When cold enough to
hold its shape drop onto an oil cloth or marble, a teaspoonful in a place, and
at once set a half nut meat on each. Two persons are needed to make these
pralines, one to drop the mixture, the other to decorate with the halves of
the nuts. The mixture becomes smooth and firm almost instantly. Maple or
brown sugar may be used in place of all or a part of the quantity of
granulated sugar designated.
VASSAR FUDGE
[Illustration: VASSAR FUDGE.]
2 cups of white granulated sugar,
1 cup of cream,
1 tablespoonful of butter,
1/4 a cake of Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate.
Put in the sugar and cream, and when this becomes hot put in the chocolate,
broken up into fine pieces. Stir vigorously and constantly. Put in butter
when it begins to boil. Stir until it creams when beaten on a saucer. Then
remove and beat until quite cool and pour into buttered tins. When cold cut
in diamond−shaped pieces.
SMITH COLLEGE FUDGE
[Illustration: SMITH COLLEGE FUDGE.]
Melt one−quarter cup of butter. Mix together in a separate dish one cup of
white sugar, one cup of brown sugar, one−quarter cup of molasses and
one−half cup of cream. Add this to the butter, and after it has been brought
to a boil continue boiling for two and one−half minutes, stirring rapidly.
Then add two squares of Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate, scraped fine.
Boil this five minutes, stirring it first rapidly, and then more slowly towards
the end. After it has been taken from the fire, add one and one−half
teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Then stir constantly until the mass thickens. Pour
into buttered pan and set in a cool place.
WELLESLEY MARSHMALLOW FUDGE
[Illustration: WELLESLEY MARSHMALLOW FUDGE.]
Heat two cups of granulated sugar and one cup of rich milk (cream is
better). Add two squares of Baker's Chocolate, and boil until it hardens in
cold water. Just before it is done add a small piece of butter, then begin to
stir in marshmallows, crushing and beating them with a spoon. Continue to
stir in marshmallows, after the fudge has been taken from the fire, until half
a pound has been stirred into the fudge. Cool in sheets three−quarters of an
inch thick, and cut in cubes.
DOUBLE FUDGE
[Illustration: DOUBLE FUDGE.]
2 cups of granulated sugar,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1/2 a cup of cream,
1 tablespoonful of butter.
Boil seven minutes; then beat and spread in buttered tin to cool.
2 cups of brown sugar,
1/2 a cup of cream,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
1 cup of walnut meats, chopped fine,
Butter size of a walnut.
Boil ten minutes; then beat and pour on top of fudge already in pan. When
cool, cut in squares.
MARBLED FUDGE
[Illustration: MARBLED FUDGE.]
2 cups of granulated sugar,
1/4 a cup of glucose (pure corn syrup),
1−1/2 cups of cream,
1 tablespoonful of butter,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate, scraped fine or melted, 2 teaspoonfuls of
vanilla.
Stir the sugar, glucose and cream over a slack fire until the sugar is melted;
move the saucepan to a hotter part of the range and continue stirring until
the mixture boils, then let boil, stirring every three or four minutes very
gently, until the thermometer registers 236° F., or, till a soft ball can be
formed in cold water. Remove from the fire and pour one−half of the
mixture over the chocolate. Set both dishes on a cake rack, or on something
that will allow the air to circulate below the dishes. When the mixture cools
a little, get some one to beat one dish of the fudge; add a teaspoonful of
vanilla to each dish, and beat until thick and slightly grainy, then put the
mixture in a pan, lined with waxed paper, first a little of one and then of the
other, to give a marbled effect. When nearly cold turn from the pan, peel
off the paper and cut into cubes.
FUDGE HEARTS OR ROUNDS
[Illustration: FUDGE HEARTS OR ROUNDS.]
2 cups of granulated sugar,
1/3 a cup of condensed milk,
1/3 a cup of water,
1/4 a cup of butter,
1−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Boil the sugar, milk and water to 236° F., or to the "soft ball" degree; stir
gently every few minutes; add the butter and let boil up vigorously, then
remove from the fire and add the chocolate; let stand undisturbed until cool,
then add the vanilla and beat the candy until it thickens and begins to sugar.
Pour into a pan lined with paper to stand until cooled somewhat; turn from
the mold and with a French cutter or a sharp edged tube cut into
symmetrical shapes.
MARSHMALLOW FUDGE
[Illustration: MARSHMALLOW FUDGE.]
1st BATCH
2 cups of granulated sugar,
1 cup of cream,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
1 tablespoonful of butter,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
Nearly half a pound of marshmallows, split in halves.
2nd BATCH
2 cups of granulated sugar,
1 cup of cream,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
1 tablespoonful of butter,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Start with the first batch and when this is nearly boiled enough, set the
second batch to cook, preparing it in the same manner as the first. Stir the
sugar and cream, over a rather slack fire, until the sugar is melted, when the
sugar boils wash down the sides of the pan as in making fondant, set in the
thermometer and cook over a quick fire, without stirring, to the soft ball
 degree, 236° F.; add the butter, salt and chocolate, melted or shaved fine,
and let boil up vigorously, then remove to a cake cooler (or two spoon
handles to allow a circulation of air below the pan). In the meantime the
second batch should be cooking and the marshmallows be gotten ready.
When the first batch is about cold add the vanilla and beat the candy
vigorously until it begins to thicken, then turn it into a pan lined with
waxed paper. At once dispose the halves of marshmallows close together
upon the top of the fudge. Soon the other dish of fudge will be ready; set it
into cold water and when nearly cold, add the vanilla and beat as in the first
batch, then pour it over the marshmallows. When the whole is about cold
turn it onto a marble, or hardwood board, pull off the paper and cut into
cubes. If one is able to work very quickly, but one batch need be prepared,
half of it being spread over the marshmallows.
CHOCOLATE DIPPED FRUIT FUDGE
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE DIPPED FRUIT FUDGE.]
FRUIT FUDGE
1−1/2 cups of granulated sugar,
1 cup of Maple Syrup,
1−1/2 cups of glucose (pure corn syrup),
1/2 a cup of thick cream, or
1/3 a cup of milk and 1/4 a cup of butter,
3/4 a cup of fruit, figs, and candied cherries and apricots, cut in
small pieces.
CHOCOLATE FOR DIPPING
1/2 a cake or more of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Stir the sugar, syrup, glucose and cream until the sugar is melted, cover and
let boil three or four minutes, then uncover and let boil stirring often but
very gently until a soft ball may be formed in cold water, or, until the
thermometer registers 236° F. Set the saucepan on a cake cooler and when
the mixture becomes cool, add the fruit and beat until it becomes thick, then
turn into pans lined with waxed paper. In about fifteen minutes cut into
squares. Coat these with the "Dot" Chocolate.
CHOCOLATE COCOANUT CAKES
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE COCOANUT CAKES.]
2/3 a cup of granulated sugar,
1/4 a cup scant measure of water,
One cup, less one tablespoonful, of glucose,
1/2 a pound of dessicated cocoanut,
1/2 a pound or Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Heat the sugar, water and glucose to the boiling point, add the cocoanut and
stir constantly while cooking to the soft ball degree, or, until a little of the
candy dropped on a cold marble may be rolled into a ball. Drop, by small
teaspoonfuls, onto a marble or waxed paper, to make small, thick, rather
uneven rounds. When cold coat with "Dot" Chocolate melted over hot
water and cooled properly. These cakes are very easily coated.
BAKER'S CHOCOLATE "DIVINITY"
[Illustration: BAKER'S CHOCOLATE "DIVINITY."]
1−1/2 cups of brown sugar,
1 cup of maple syrup,
1/2 a cup of glucose pure corn syrup,
1/2 a cup of water,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
The whites of 2 eggs,
1 cup of nut meats, chopped fine,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate, broken in pieces.
Let the sugar, syrup, glucose and water stand on the back of the range,
stirring occasionally, until the sugar is melted, then cover and let boil five
minutes. Remove the cover and let boil to soft crack, 287° F., or, until when
tested in water a ball that rattles in the cup will be formed. Add the salt and
chocolate and beat over the fire, until the chocolate is melted, then pour in a
fine stream onto the whites of eggs, beaten dry, beating constantly
meanwhile; add the nuts and pour into a pan lined with waxed paper. In
about fifteen minutes lift the candy from the pan (by the ends of the paper
left for the purpose) and cut it into small oblongs or squares. The candy
must be stirred constantly during the last of the cooking. In cooking without
a thermometer one is liable to remove the candy from the fire too soon−−if
this happens, return, egg whites and all, to the saucepan, set this into a dish
of boiling water and stir constantly until the mixture thickens, then pour
into the pan lined with paper. On no account let even a few drops of water
boil into the candy.
CHOCOLATE NOUGATINES
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE NOUGATINES.]
1 cup of granulated sugar,
1/2 a cup of glucose,
1/2 a cup of honey (strained),
Piece of paraffine size of a pea,
1/4 a cup of water,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
The whites of 2 eggs, beaten dry,
1 cup of almond or English walnut meats, chopped fine,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
About 1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Put the sugar, glucose, honey, paraffine and water over the fire, stir
occasionally and let boil to the hard ball degree, about 248° F. Add the salt
to the eggs before beating them, and gradually pour on part of the syrup,
beating constantly meanwhile with the egg beater; return the rest of the
syrup to the fire and let boil until it is brittle when tested in cold water or to
290° F. Then turn this gradually onto the eggs, beating constantly
meanwhile. Return the whole to the saucepan, set over the fire on an
asbestos mat and beat constantly until it becomes crisp when tested in cold
water. Pour into a buttered pan a little larger than an ordinary bread pan and
set aside to become cold. When cold cut into pieces about an inch and a
quarter long and three−eighths of an inch wide and thick. Coat these with
"Dot" Chocolate.
PLAIN CHOCOLATE CARAMELS
[Illustration: PLAIN CHOCOLATE CARAMELS.]
2−1/2 cups of sugar,
3/4 cup of glucose, (pure corn syrup),
1/2 a cup of butter,
1/8 a teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
2−1/2 cups of whole milk, (not skimmed),
2−1/2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Put the sugar, glucose, butter, cream of tartar and one cup of the milk over
the fire, stir constantly, and when the mass has boiled a few moments,
gradually stir in the rest of the milk. Do not let the mixture stop boiling
while the milk is being added. Stir every few moments and cook to 248° F.,
or, until when tested in cold water, a hard ball may be formed; add the
chocolate and vanilla and beat them thoroughly through the candy, then
turn it into two bread pans. When nearly cold cut into squares.
CHOCOLATE NUT CARAMELS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE NUT CARAMELS.]
2 cups of granulated sugar,
1−1/2 cups of glucose (pure corn syrup),
2 cups of cream,
1 cup of butter,
3 or 4 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1−1/2 cups of English walnut meats,
2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract.
Put the sugar, glucose, one cup of the cream and the butter over the fire; stir
and cook until the mixture boils vigorously, then gradually add the other
cup of cream. Do not allow the mixture to stop boiling while the cream is
being added. Cook until the thermometer registers 250° F., stirring
gently−−move the thermometer, to stir beneath it−−every four or five
minutes. Without a thermometer boil until−−when tested by dropping a
little in cold water−−a hard ball may be formed in the water. Remove from
the fire, add the chocolate and nuts and beat until the chocolate is melted;
beat in the vanilla and turn into a biscuit pan, nicely oiled or buttered, to
make a sheet three−fourths an inch thick. When nearly cold turn from the
pan and cut into cubes.
RIBBON CARAMELS
[Illustration: RIBBON CARAMELS.]
CHOCOLATE LAYERS
1−1/4 cups of granulated sugar,
1/2 cup of glucose (pure corn syrup) scant measure,
1/4 a cup of butter,
1/16 a teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
1−1/4 cups of rich milk,
1−1/4 squares of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
WHITE LAYER
2/3 a cup of granulated sugar,
1/4 (scant) a cup of water,
1 cup, less one tablespoonful, of glucose (pure corn syrup), 1/3 a pound of
dessicated cocoanut.
Put the sugar, glucose, butter, cream of tartar and the fourth a cup of milk
over the fire, stir until the mixture boils, then very gradually stir in the rest
of the milk. Let cook, stirring occasionally, to 248° F., or until, when tested
in water or on a cold marble, a pretty firm ball may be formed. Add the
chocolate and vanilla, mix thoroughly and turn into two well−buttered
shallow pans. For the white layer, put the sugar, water and glucose over the
fire, stir until boiling, then add the cocoanut and stir occasionally until a
soft ball may be formed when a little of the mixture is dropped upon a cold
marble. Put this mixture over the fire, to dissolve the sugar, but do not let it
begin to boil until the chocolate layers are turned into the pans. When the
white mixture is ready, turn enough of it onto one of the chocolate layers to
make a layer about one−third an inch thick. Have the other chocolate layer
cooled, by standing in cold water; remove it from the pan and dispose
above the cocoanut layer. Let stand until cold and firm, then cut in cubes;
wrap each cube in waxed paper.
FONDANT
4 cups of granulated sugar,
1−1/2 cups of cold water,
1/4 a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, or 3 drops of acetic acid.
Stir the sugar and water in a saucepan, set on the back part of the range,
until the sugar is melted, then draw the saucepan to a hotter part of the
range, and stir until the boiling point is reached; add the cream of tartar or
acid and, with the hand or a cloth wet repeatedly in cold water, wash down
the sides of the saucepan, to remove any grains of sugar that have been
thrown there. Cover the saucepan and let boil rapidly three or four minutes.
Remove the cover, set in the thermometer−−if one is to be used−−and let
cook very rapidly to 240° F., or the soft ball degree. Wet the hand in cold
water and with it dampen a marble slab or a large platter, then without
jarring the syrup turn it onto the marble or platter. Do not scrape out the
saucepan or allow the last of the syrup to drip from it, as sugary portions
will spoil the fondant by making it grainy. When the syrup is cold, with a
metal scraper or a wooden spatula, turn the edges of the mass towards the
center, and continue turning the edges in until the mass begins to thicken
and grow white, then work it up into a ball, scraping all the sugar from the
marble onto the mass; knead slightly, then cover closely with a heavy piece
of cotton cloth wrung out of cold water. Let the sugar stand for an hour or
longer to ripen, then remove the damp cloth and cut the mass into pieces;
press these closely into a kitchen bowl, cover with a cloth wrung out of
water (this cloth must not touch the fondant) and then with heavy paper.
The fondant may be used the next day, but is in better condition after
several days, and may be kept almost indefinitely, if the cloth covering it be
wrung out of cold water and replaced once in five or six days. Fondant may
be used, white or delicately colored with vegetable color−pastes or with
chocolate, as frosting for small cakes, or éclairs or for making candy
"centers," to be coated with chocolate or with some of the same fondant
tinted and flavored appropriately.
ALMOND CHOCOLATE CREAMS
CENTERS
1/4 a cup of blanched almonds, chopped fine,
1/2 a cup of fondant,
1/4 a teaspoonful of vanilla,
Confectioner's sugar for kneading and shaping.
CHOCOLATE COATING
About 1 cup of fondant,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
Few drops of water, as needed,
Halves of blanched almonds.
Mix the chopped almonds with the fondant and vanilla; add confectioner's
sugar, a little at a time, and knead the mass thoroughly, on a marble or large
platter; shape into a long roll, then cut into small pieces of the same size.
Shape these into balls a generous half inch in diameter and leave them
about an hour to harden on the outside. Put the fondant for the coating and
the chocolate (shaved or broken in pieces) in a double boiler (with hot
water in the lower receptacle); add the vanilla and the water and heat until
melted; take out the spoon and put in a dipping fork (a wire fork costing
about ten cents) beat the fondant, to keep it from crusting and drop in a
"center;" with the fork cover it with fondant; put the fork under it and lift it
out, scrape the fork lightly on the edge of the dish, to remove superfluous
candy, turn the fork over and drop the bon−bon onto waxed paper. Make a
design with the fork in taking it from the candy. At once press half of a
blanched almond on the top of the candy, or the design made with the fork
will suffice. If at any time the coating be too thick, add a few drops of
water. If any be left over, use it to coat whole nuts or cherries.
[Illustration: ALMOND AND CHERRY CHOCOLATE CREAMS.]
CHERRY CHOCOLATE CREAMS
CENTERS
1/4 a cup of candied cherries, chopped fine,
1/2 a cup of fondant.
CHOCOLATE COATING
About one cup of fondant,
2 squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
Bits of cherry.
Prepare the centers and coat in the same manner as the almond creams.
CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINTS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINTS.]
Melt a little fondant and flavor it to taste with essence of peppermint; leave
the mixture white or tint very delicately with green or pink color−paste.
 With a teaspoon drop the mixture onto waxed paper to make rounds of the
same size−−about one inch and a quarter in diameter−−let these stand in a
cool place about one hour. Put about a cup of fondant in a double boiler,
add two ounces of chocolate and a teaspoonful of boiling water, then stir
(over hot water) until the fondant and chocolate are melted and evenly
mixed together; then drop the peppermints, one by one, into the chocolate
mixture, and remove them with the fork to a piece of oil cloth; let stand
until the chocolate is set, when they are ready to use.
FIG−AND−NUT CHOCOLATES
[Illustration: FIG AND NUT CHOCOLATES.]
5 figs,
3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of water or sherry wine,
1/2 a cup of English walnut meats,
Powdered sugar,
Fondant,
3 or 4 ounces of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Remove the stem and hard place around the blossom end of the figs, and let
steam, with the water or wine, in a double boiler until softened, then add
the nuts and chop very fine. Add powdered sugar as is needed to shape the
mixture into balls. Melt the chocolate, using enough to secure the shade of
brown desired in the coating and add to the fondant with the vanilla. Coat
the fig−and−nut balls and drop them with the fork onto a piece of oil cloth
or waxed paper in the same manner as the cherry bon−bons. These may be
dipped in "Dot" Chocolate instead of fondant.
CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOWS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOWS.]
Cut the marshmallows in halves, and put them, one by one, cut side down,
in chocolate fondant (as prepared for almond and cherry chocolate creams),
melted over hot water and flavored to taste with vanilla. Beat the chocolate
with the fork, that it may not crust over, lift out the marshmallow, turn it
and, in removing the fork, leave its imprint in the chocolate; sprinkle at
once with a little fine−chopped pistachio nut meat. To prepare the nuts, set
them over the fire in tepid water to cover, heat to the boiling point, drain,
cover with cold water, then take them up, one by one, and with the thumb
and finger push the meat from the skin.
MAPLE FONDANT ACORNS
[Illustration: MAPLE FONDANT ACORNS.]
2 cups of maple syrup,
1−3/4 cups of granulated sugar,
3/4 a cup of cold water,
Confectioner's sugar,
2 or more squares of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoon of vanilla,
About 1/4 a cup of fine−chopped almonds, browned in the oven.
Make fondant of the syrup, granulated sugar and cold water, following the
directions given for fondant made of granulated sugar (cream of tartar or
other acid is not required in maple fondant). Work some of the fondant,
adding confectioner's sugar as needed, into cone shapes; let these stand an
hour or longer to harden upon the outside. Put a little of the fondant in a
dish over hot water; add Baker's Chocolate and vanilla as desired and beat
till the chocolate is evenly mixed through the fondant, then dip the cones in
the chocolate and set them on a piece of oil cloth or waxed paper. When all
are dipped, lift the first one dipped from the paper and dip the base again in
the chocolate, and then in the chopped−and−browned almonds. Continue
until all have been dipped.
CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARS.]
 1/2 a cup of sugar,
3/4 a cup of glucose,
1/2 a cup of water,
(1/4 an ounce of paraffine at discretion),
1/2 a cup of blanched almonds, chopped fine,
1/3 the recipe for fondant,
3 or 4 ozs. of Baker's Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Melt the sugar in the water and glucose and let boil to about 252° F., or
between a soft and a hard ball. Without the paraffine cook a little higher
than with it. Add the almonds and the vanilla, mix thoroughly and turn onto
a marble or platter over which powdered sugar has been sifted. Turn out the
candy in such a way that it will take a rectangular shape on the marble.
When cool enough score it in strips about an inch and a quarter wide, and,
as it grows cooler, lift the strips, one by one, to a board and cut them in
pieces half or three−quarters of an inch wide. When cold, drop them, sugar
side down, in chocolate fondant prepared for "dipping." With the fork push
them below the fondant, lift out, drain as much as possible, and set onto oil
cloth. These improve upon keeping.
ALMOND FONDANT STICKS
[Illustration: ALMOND FONDANT STICKS.]
2−1/2 cups of coffee A or granulated sugar,
1/4 a cup of glucose,
1/2 a cup of water,
1/4 a pound of almond paste,
1/4 a pound of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Put the sugar, glucose and water over the fire. Stir until the sugar is
dissolved. Wash down the sides of the kettle as in making fondant. Let boil
to the soft ball degree or to 238° F. Add the almond paste, cut into small,
thin pieces, let boil up vigorously, then turn onto a damp marble. When
nearly cold turn to a cream with a wooden spatula. It will take considerable
time to turn this mixture to fondant. Cover and let stand half an hour. Add
the Baker's Premium Chocolate, melted over hot water, and knead it in
thoroughly. Add at the same time the vanilla. The chocolate must be added
warm. At once cut off a portion of the fondant and knead it into a round
ball; then roll it lightly under the fingers into a long strip the shape and size
of a lead pencil; form as many of these strips as desired; cut the strips into
two−inch lengths and let stand to become firm. Have ready the "Dot"
Chocolate melted over hot water and in this coat the prepared sticks leaving
the surface a little rough.
ALMOND FONDANT BALLS
[Illustration: ALMOND FONDANT BALLS.]
Roll part of the almond fondant into small balls. Some of the "Dot"
Chocolate will be left after dipping the almond chocolate sticks. Remelt
this over hot water, and in it coat the balls lightly. As each ball is coated
with the chocolate drop it onto a plate of chopped pistachio nut meats or of
chopped cocoanut (fresh or dessicated). With a spoon sprinkle the chopped
material over the balls.
WALNUT CREAM−CHOCOLATES
[Illustration: WALNUT CREAM CHOCOLATES.]
2−1/2 cups of granulated sugar,
1/2 a cup of condensed milk,
1/2 a cup of water,
3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of thick caramel syrup,
A little water,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Put the sugar, condensed milk and water over the fire to boil, stir gently but
often, and let cook to the soft ball stage, or to 238°F. Pour on a damp
marble and let stand undisturbed until cold; turn to a cream, then gather
into a compact mass; cover with a bowl and let stand for thirty minutes;
then knead the cream; put it into a double boiler; add the caramel syrup and
the vanilla; stir constantly while the mixture becomes warm and thin; add a
tablespoonful or two of water, if necessary, and drop the cream mixture
into impressions made in cornstarch. Use two teaspoons to drop the cream.
When the candy is cold, pick it from the starch. With a small brush remove
the starch that sticks to the candy shapes. Coat each piece with "Dot"
Chocolate. As each piece is coated and dropped onto the oil cloth, set half
an English walnut meat upon the top.
TO MOLD CANDY IN STARCH IMPRESSIONS
Many candies, especially such as are of some variety of fondant, are thin
when warm and solidify on the outside when cold, so that they may be
"dipped" or coated with chocolate. To shape candy of this sort, fill a low
pan with cornstarch, making it smooth upon the top. Have ready molds
made of plaster paris, glued to a thin strip of wood, press these into the
cornstarch; lift from the starch and repeat the impressions as many times as
the space allows. If molds are not available a thimble, round piece of wood,
or the stopper of an oil or vinegar cruet will answer the purpose, though the
impressions must be made one at a time.
CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAMS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAMS.]
2−1/2 cups of sugar,
1/2 a cup of water,
1/4 a cup of glucose,
1/4 a cup of butter,
2−1/2 ozs of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
 Put the sugar, water, glucose and butter over the fire; stir until the sugar is
melted, then cook to the soft ball degree, or 236° F.; pour on a damp marble
and leave until cold; then pour on the Premium Chocolate, melted over hot
water, and with a spatula turn to a cream. This process is longer than with
the ordinary fondant. Cover the chocolate fondant with a bowl and let stand
for thirty minutes; knead well and set over the fire in a double boiler; add
the vanilla and stir until melted. The mixture is now ready to be dropped
into small impressions in starch; when cold and brushed free of starch dip
in "Dot" Chocolate. When dropping the chocolate mixture into the starch it
should be just soft enough to run level on the top. If too soft it will not hold
its shape in coating.
FONDANT FOR SOFT CHOCOLATE CREAMS
2−1/2 cups of sugar,
1/3 a cup of glucose (pure corn syrup),
1 cup of water.
Put the sugar, glucose and water over the fire and stir until boiling, then
wash down the sides of the saucepan, cover and finish cooking as in
making ordinary fondant. Let cook to 238° F. Turn the syrup onto a damp
marble or platter and before it becomes cold turn to a cream with a wooden
spatula. When the fondant begins to stiffen, scrape at once into a bowl and
cover with a damp cloth, but do not let the cloth touch the fondant. Use this
fondant in the following recipes.
ROSE CHOCOLATE CREAMS
Fondant,
Damask rose color−paste,
1/2 to 1 whole teaspoonful of rose extract,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Put a part or the whole of the fondant into a double boiler over boiling
water. With the point of a toothpick take up a little of the color−paste and
add to the fondant; add the extract and stir until the mixture is hot, thin and
evenly tinted. With two teaspoons drop the mixture into impressions made
in starch; it should be hot and thin enough to run level on top. When the
shapes are cold, remove from the starch, brush carefully and coat with
"Dot" Chocolate.
[Illustration: ROSE AND PISTACHIO CHOCOLATE CREAMS.]
PISTACHIO CHOCOLATE CREAMS
Fondant,
Green color−paste,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
1/8 a teaspoonful of almond extract,
Pistachio nuts in slices and halves,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Using green color−paste, vanilla and almond extract mold the fondant in
long shapes. Put a bit of nut in each impression, before filling it with
fondant. When firm coat with "Dot" Chocolate and set half a pistachio nut
on top.
SURPRISE CHOCOLATE CREAMS
[Illustration: SURPRISE CHOCOLATE CREAMS.]
Fondant,
Candied or Maraschino cherries,
Flavoring of almond or vanilla,
Chopped peanuts,
1/2 a pound of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Melt the fondant over hot water and add the flavoring. Put a bit of cherry in
the bottom of each starch impression, then turn in the melted fondant, to fill
the impressions and have them level on the top. Let the chocolate, broken
in bits, be melted over warm water, then add as many chopped peanuts as
can be well stirred into it; let cool to about 80° F. and in it drop the creams,
one at a time; as coated dispose them on table oil cloth or waxed paper.
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BRITTLE
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE PEANUT BRITTLE.]
1−1/2 cups of sugar,
2/3 a cup of water,
1/2 a cup of glucose (pure corn syrup),
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter,
1/2 a pound of raw shelled peanuts,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
1 level teaspoonful of soda,
1 tablespoonful of cold water,
1/2 a pound or more of Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Put the sugar, water and glucose over the fire; stir till the sugar is dissolved;
wash down the sides of the saucepan with a cloth or the fingers dipped in
cold water, cover and let boil three or four minutes, then uncover and let
cook to 275° F. (when a little is cooled and chewed it clings but does not
stick to the teeth) add the butter and peanuts and stir constantly until the
peanuts are nicely browned (or are of the color of well roasted peanuts).
Dissolve the soda in the cold water, add the vanilla and the soda and stir
vigorously. When the candy is through foaming, turn it onto a warm and
well−oiled marble or platter. As soon as it has cooled a little on the edges,
take hold of it at the edge and pull out as thin as possible. Loosen it from
the receptacle at the center by running a spatula under it, then turn the
whole sheet upside down, and again pull as thin as possible. Break into
small pieces and when cold coat with "Dot" Chocolate prepared as in
previous recipes. Half of a roasted peanut may be set upon each piece as
coated. Note that the peanuts used in the brittle are raw. The small Spanish
peanuts are the best for this purpose. After the peanuts are shelled, cover
them with boiling water, let boil up once, then skim out and push off the
skin, when they are ready to use.
CHOCOLATE POP CORN BALLS
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE POP CORN BALLS.]
1−1/2 cups of sugar,
1/3 a cup of glucose,
2/3 a cup of water,
1/3 a cup of molasses,
3 tablespoonfuls of butter,
3 squares of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract,
About 4 quarts of popped corn, well salted.
Set the sugar, glucose and water over the fire, stir until the sugar is melted,
then wash down the sides of the saucepan, cover and let boil three or four
minutes, then remove the cover and let cook without stirring to the hard
ball degree; add the molasses and butter and stir constantly until brittle in
cold water; remove from the fire and, as soon as the bubbling ceases, add
the chocolate, melted over hot water, and the vanilla; stir, to mix the
chocolate evenly through the candy, then pour onto the popped corn,
mixing the two together meanwhile. With buttered hands lightly roll the
mixture into small balls. Press the mixture together only just enough to hold
it in shape. Discard all the hard kernels in the corn. Have the corn warm
and in a warm bowl.
CHOCOLATE MOLASSES KISSES
[Illustration: CHOCOLATE MOLASSES KISSES.]
2 cups of coffee A sugar,
1/3 a cup of glucose, (pure corn syrup),
2/3 a cup of water,
1 cup of molasses,
2 tablespoonfuls of butter,
1/4 a teaspoonful of salt,
4 ounces of Baker's Premium Chocolate,
1 tablespoonful of vanilla extract, or
1 teaspoonful of essence of peppermint.
Put all the ingredients, save the salt, chocolate and flavoring, over the fire;
let boil rapidly to 260°F., or until brittle when tested in cold water. During
the last of the cooking the candy must be stirred constantly. Pour onto an
oiled platter or marble; pour the chocolate, melted over hot water, above
the candy; as the candy cools on the edges, with a spatula or the fingers,
turn the edges towards the center; continue this until the candy is cold
enough to pull; pull over a hook until cold; add the flavoring, a little at a
time, during the pulling, cut in short lengths and wrap in waxed paper.