Special Salad Dressing Frances Virginia Tea Room Food

HOT MILK CAKE WITH LEMON FILLING AND BOILED WHITE FROSTING

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat eggs thoroughly with electric mixer. Gradually ad sugar. Beat until fluffy. Sift flour 2 times. Add, beating thoroughly. Place Milk and butter in small saucepan and let come to a boil. Add immediately to flour mixture and beat until cool (8-10 minutes). Batter will be quite thin. Sift in remaining 1 tablespoon flour, baking powder and salt. Add floverings. Beat 1 minute more. Pour (about 1 cup batter per pan) into 3 well-greased and floured 9 inch cake pans*. Bake approximately 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• * I get sneaky here cause I love Kittencal's pan release, #78579.
• FOR THE FILLING:.
• Mix dry ingredients. Beat egg yolks with water and juice. Add dry ingredients. Blend well. Cook in double boiler until clear. Remove from heat. Add rind and butter. Spread on layers and stack.
• FOR FROSTING:.
• Boil sugar and water until syrup forms thread about 3 inches long when dropped from a spoon, or cook until syrup has reached 238 degrees on candy thermometer. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff. While very hot, pour syrup in fine stream over egg whites. Beat until misture is creamy and reaches spreading consistency. Add cream of tarter and vanilla. Spread on sides and top of cake.

BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Sift the flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and mix well.
• Add the egg, stirring until blended. Add just enough milk to make a stiff batter and mix well.
• Combine the blackberries, 1 cup sugar, water, and butter in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Drop the batter 1 spoonful at a time (each spoonful should be 1/6 of the batter) into the boiling blackberry mixture. Cover and simmer 15-20 minutes.
• Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

SPICY GREEN TEA SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine and chill before serving.
• Enjoy!

TOMATO ASPIC (FRANCES VIRGINIA TEA ROOM)

Steps:

• Let gelatin soak in cold water. Add gelatin mixture to boiling tomato juice. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well. Pour into molds. Chill.
• Tea Room Notes: Small ring molds were used for this aspic. It was often served on chicken, shrimp or tuna salads. Quite colorful and tasty.

ENGLISH ROOM SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, dry mustard, paprika, celery seed, and salt.
• Add onion and grated orange peel.
• Blend in honey.
• Combine lemon juice, orange juice and red wine vinegar in seperate bowl; blend well; add to mixture.
• Add salad oil in a slow stream, beating constantly with a hand mixer or whisk.

SPECIAL SALAD DRESSING (FRANCES VIRGINIA TEA ROOM)

Steps:

• Mix well and chill until ready to use.
• Cook time is chill time.