Book 3 — Substitute for a Gas-Stove Oven

Wishing to bake a nice loaf cake one afternoon for dinner, and finding that the fire in my range had gone out, I remembered an oven shown me at one time for use on a small gas plate, which consisted of a cover, a bottom piece, and a support for the pan. The thought came to me that with all my pots and pans I ought to be able to get some results by the combination of two pie tins, a cake pan, and a stew pan, and on trial it baked as fine a cake as anyone could wish.

A Combination of Pie Tins, Cake Pan, and Stew Pan to Make Temporary Gas-Stove Oven

A small pie tin was placed in a larger one, as shown; on this was placed the cake pan filled with the cake batter, and over the whole was placed the stew pan, which acted as a heat retainer or oven. A good hot flame was used at first, and was then gradually turned lower until the cake was finished.—Contributed by Mrs. Anna M. B. Romig, Allentown, Pa.