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crazy cake
1 envelope Knox Unflavored Gelatine ½ cup cold water ¾ cup boiling water ⅔ cup sugar ½ cup fine graham cracker crumbs 3 egg whites (save yolks for Lemon Sauce*) ½ tsp. salt 2 tsps. vanilla
Sprinkle gelatine on cold water in 3-qt. mixing bowl to soften. Add boiling water and stir until gelatine is dissolved. Stir in sugar, chill slightly (15 minutes in refrigerator). In the meantime, sprinkle half of the graham cracker crumbs over bottom and sides of greased 9-inch square pan. Add egg whites, salt and vanilla to chilled gelatine mixture. Beat with rotary or electric beater about 10 minutes, until light, fluffy and mounding when beater is lifted. Turn into crumb-lined pan; sprinkle with remaining graham cracker crumbs. Chill ½ hour or until ready to serve. Cut in 3-inch squares and serve with Lemon Sauce* (prepare sauce while dessert chills). Makes 9 servings.
*lemon sauce
3 egg yolks ½ cup sugar ⅓ cup melted butter or margarine 3 Tbsps. lemon juice 1 Tbsp. grated lemon rind ⅓ cup heavy cream
Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Stir in sugar, melted butter, lemon juice and grated rind. Whip cream, fold into lemon mixture.
no-bake chocolate birthday cake
Here’s a new kind of birthday “cake”—no baking needed, and your imagination can turn a simple gelatine into a dessert to suit the taste of the king or queen of the day.
4 envelopes Knox Unflavored Gelatine 1½ cups sugar, divided ½ tsp. salt 1 cup cocoa 6 eggs, separated 5 cups milk 1 Tbsp. vanilla Vanilla wafers Whipped cream
Mix gelatine, ¾ cup of sugar, salt and cocoa in top of double boiler. Beat egg yolks and milk together. Add to gelatine mixture. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until gelatine is dissolved, about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites until stiff. Beat in remaining ¾ cup sugar. Fold chocolate gelatine mixture into egg whites. Turn into two 9-inch layer cake pans. Chill until firm. Unmold one layer on cake plate. Top with flat layer of vanilla wafers. Turn out second layer of gelatine over this. Decorate and garnish with whipped cream. Chill until serving time. Makes 12 servings.
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