Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 2, 1994 TAG: 9411230081
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Many thanks to the people in Roanoke, Blacksburg, Radford, Moneta, Callaway, Boones Mill, Austinville and Fancy Gap, who sent in instructions for an elusive "Snowball Cake." Most of the writers noted how rich and delicious the cake is. One said it is "refrigerated for three days" before serving and also usually "gone within three days" at her house.
A recipe for "Marie's Applesauce Cake," which appeared on Oct. 12, should have used self-rising instead of all-purpose flour. Wanda Levering, of Levering Orchard which supplied the recipe, apologizes profusely for any inconvenience or disappointment this error may have caused. She says she personally test-baked the cake using the proper flour, and she'll guarantee it's now delicious. For information on Levering's products or cookbook, call 755-3593.
Judging from numerous inquiries about two friendship cakes, it appears that there are quite a few bread starter buffs out there. To clear up any confusion, we went to Steve Scott, researcher for Lancaster, Pa.-based educational publisher, Good Books, which focuses on the Amish and Mennonites, to make sure we got the starter instructions right. For more information on Good Books' full line of publications and services, call (717) 768-7171.
A reader from Blacksburg sent instructions for a slew of flavored liqueurs, which she said she sometimes bestows as special gifts and which draw rave reviews whenever served. She said that the cordials, especially plum, are very pretty when decanted. The book which carried its recipe contains a number of other fruit cordials, as well.
One of the biggest surprises was from the man whose eclectic recipe collection yielded not one, but two recipes for healthful dog biscuits. A knowledgeable and talented cook in his own right, the reader hustled the recipes and a doggie biscuit cutter down to the office the day after the story ran.
Another shocker was from the reader in Galax whose copy of Miller and Rhoads' tearoom's "Missouri Club Sandwich" arrived just in the nick of time to be included in this story. The reader enclosed a newspaper account of the Richmond department store's tearoom's closing, which said patrons turned out for the occasion in their white gloves and old Sara Sue designer hats, as had their mothers and grandmothers before them. The writer noted that she knew of only two remaining tearooms - one in Atlanta and one in Kernersville - and sadly observed that our grandchildren may ask what is a tearoom.
Again, thanks to all of you who helped in our search.
\ SNOWBALL CAKE I
SNOWBALL CAKE II (COCONUT-SOUR CREAM LAYER CAKE)
MARIE'S APPLESAUCE CAKE (REVISED)
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER
"KALUHA"
PLUM CORDIAL
DOG BISCUITS
OATMEAL CHEWS DOG BISKITS
MILLER AND RHOADS' MISSOURI CLUB
MILLER AND RHOADS' MUSTARD PICKLES
\ see microfilm for recipes
by CNB