To serve, open the cakes at the side and insert a little whipped cream or preserve.
Decorate by brushing them over with white of egg, or a syrup of sugar and water, and sprinkle with chopped pistachio kernels, grated cocoa-nut, or hundreds and thousands.
Apple Turnovers.
Make like gooseberry turnovers, substituting minced apple for gooseberries.
Apple Dumplings.
- Ingredients—1 dozen apples.
- 1 lb. of short crust.
- A little moist sugar.
Method.—Pare the apples and remove the cores; fill the holes with sugar.
Take pieces of paste large enough to cover the apples. Do not roll them, but draw the paste over the apples.
Wet the edges to make them join.
Place the dumplings on a greased tin and bake for about three-quarters of an hour or one hour. The length of time will depend on the kind of apples used.