The royal baker and pastry cook : $b A manual of practical cookery

sugar, cook over fire till thick, add flavoring. =Lemon Filling.=—Grated rind 2 lemons, their strained juice, 2 cups sugar, whites 2 eggs, 1 cup boiling water, 2 tablespoons flour mixed with cold water, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Cook together in double boiler, adding beaten whites last. =Orange Filling.=—As lemon filling, using but ½ cup sugar and oranges instead of lemons. =Fig Filling.=-½ pound chopped figs, 2 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons boiling water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Cook in double boiler till thick enough. =Fruit Filling.=—4 tablespoons finely chopped citron, same of chopped seeded raisins, ½ cup chopped blanched almonds, ¼ pound chopped figs, whipped whites 3 eggs, ½ cup sugar. Whip whites with sugar, add fruits, and beat well. =Prune and Nut Filling.=—Soak ½ pound large prunes over night. Steam until plump and soft. Remove pits. When cold add ½ cup chopped blanched almonds and stir into this whites 3 eggs, beaten stiff, with ½ cup powdered sugar. =Almond Icing.=—Whites 3 eggs, 1 pound Jordan (sweet) almonds, 3 cups sugar, 10 drops extract rose. Pound to fine paste almonds, with a little sugar; then add whites of eggs, rest of sugar, and extract; pound few minutes to thoroughly mix. Take up in bowl and use as directed. =Clear Icing, for Cake.=—Put 1 cup sugar in a bowl with a tablespoon lemon juice and whites of 2 eggs. Mix together smooth and pour over the cake; if the cake is not hot enough to dry it, place it in the mouth of a moderately warm oven. =Transparent Icing.=—Place 1 pound pulverized white sugar in saucepan with ½ pint water. Boil to consistency of mucilage, then rub sugar with wooden spatula against sides of pan until it assumes white, milky appearance. Stir in 2 tablespoons extract vanilla; mix well together. Pour this while hot over top of cake so as to completely cover it. =Chocolate Transparent Icing.=—Melt 3 ounces fine chocolate with small quantity water in pan over fire (stirring constantly) until it becomes soft. Dilute this with ½ gill of syrup; work until perfectly smooth. Then add to boiled sugar as