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PAGE IS - PLAIN DEALER - FRIDAY, MARCH 16. j!9M MMWiOWS 9DSTDESSEKTSI Cake-baking is as much a science as an art. For this reason, knowing the whys and wherefores of its vari­ ous ingredients, equipment and processes can not only help the home baker pro­ duce a better finished prod­ uct but can aid him or her in the attempt to alter and cre­ ate recipes to suit personal tastes and fancies. Actually, for all the mvs- tery that surrounds and all too often veils the baking process, a very few, rela­ tively simple scientific prin­ ciples are at work which, once mastered, are easily applied. The technique of making cake batter rise is an exam­ ple of this. For a cake to be light, rising is a necessity. This means incorporating air and air spaces into it. This is done in a variety of ways, using baking soda, baking powder or stiffly beaten egg whites, depend­ ing on the nature of the cake being made. Baking soda, once it has been incorporated into a mixture and heated, gives off carbon dioxide gas, which expands and takes up space within the cake batter, creating air pockets as the gas escapes. Because the batter is so­ lidifying at the same time, these air pockets remain in the finished product, pro­ viding the lightness we asso­ ciate with a skillfully-pre­ pared cake. Baking powder, which works in a similar fashion, is a blend of baking soda, cream of tartar and a stabi­ lizer, which helps prevent a premature reaction be­ tween the two active ingre­ dients . The reason for adding the cream of tartar in the first place is that it helps accelerate the leavening ef­ fect of the baking soda. Because both baking soda and baking powder have a noticeable taste, they are not generally used in delicately-flavored cakes. For these, the preferred method of aerating is by gently folding into the batter stiffly beaten egg whites. folded into a batter, some of the air is lost. However, the more quickly and delicately this operation is accom­ plished, the better the final results wiD be. Bear in mind that the pans you use will affect your final result. Shiny metal pans tend to be cooler than those pans which have been coated with a dull blade fin­ ish, which absorbs more of the oven's radiant energy. The latter are preferable in most cases because when they are used a cake's top and bottom tend to cook • more evenly. Another alternative is baking dishes made of tem­ pered glass. These allow the oven's heat to pass right through, causing the food inside to get hotter than it would in a metal pan, thus cooking more quickly. If you use glass baking dishes, therefore, you should be sure to reduce the oven heat specified by the recipe between 10 and 25 degrees. It's a truism that bears re­ peating that the ingredients which are used have an im­ portant effect on the fin­ ished product. As you would not expect an inferior cut of meat to turn into a fine filet mignon when broiled, you can't expect the wrong kind of flour, stale ingredients, artificial flavorings or compromise substitutes to somehow work together to become a first-rate cake. In other words, if a recipe calls for butter, neither mar­ garine nor vegetable short­ ening will produce the same results, and imitation va­ nilla flavoring runs a distant second to real vanilla ex­ tract. It's also important to use the right kind of flour. All- purpose flour is a compro­ mise, a blend of the hard wheat flours (high in gluten) which are better for bread- baking and the soft wheat flours (lower in gluten) which are preferred for cakes. Therefore, while ade­ quate, it provides excep Anyone who baa eu&s*' tional results for neither worked with egg whites breads nor cakes. knows how greatly they ex- ° • - Soft wheat flour, which is pand when beaten. This is generally marketed as "pas- be cause air is being incorpo­ rated into the mixture. Inevitably, when the softly peaked egg whites are try flour" or "cake flour," is far preferable for cake- making, as it results in a bet­ ter textured end product. And, speaking of flour, do not sift unless specified by the recipe you're using, as that will throw off the ac­ curacy of your measure­ ments, and alter the texture and lightness of your cake. Another important note: bring eggs to room tempera­ ture , before beating or in­ corporating into a batter, to prevent curdling, which can make the cake's texture tough. One problem shared by a multitude of cake-makers is that ingredients such as rai­ sins and nuts stubbornly tend to coagulate at the bot­ tom of the cake, instead of being spread throughout. ' There's a simple way of forestalling this: coating all such ingredients in flour, be­ cause it absorbs some of their surface moisture which is increased during baking, helps deter them from sinking. If your cakes tend to stick to the pan they've been baked in, take heart, for a simple solution can be as near as your utility drawer. Cooking parchment, a coated paper that can be bought by the roll and cut to fit virtually any size or shape pan, can be placed in the bottom of the pan before the tetter is poured in. Both pan and paper should be lightly buttered for best results. After the cake is baked, loosen around the sides with a knife, and you'll be de­ lighted to see how easily the cake will unmold. Do be sure to let it cool a few minutes first. However, don't wait too long, for the freshly baked cake is filled with steam which needs to escape. As it cools, if the cake is kept in its pan, the steam will turn into droplets of wa­ ter which are promptly ab­ sorbed by the cake, which will in turn become soggy. Above all, until you are confident in your ability to make alterations in a recipe, follow all instructions to the letter, measure with a keen eye for accuracy, and make sure your oven is calibrated properly, so that burnt or underdone cakes aren't your dubious reward for your hours of labor. If you keep all this in mind, you'll be rewarded with cakes that will have family and friends clamor­ ing for seconds. Accurate, clearly written and explanatory recipes are a great boon to the novice baker. The following recipe for a Golden Genoise, which is reproduced from Romantic A Classic Cakes (Irena Chalmers Cookbooks, Inc.) by Rose Beranbaum, is a case in point. GOLDEN GENOISE Makes 12 servings 3 ounces (V4 cup) cake flour, unsifted V/s ounces (% cup) cornstarch, unsifted 12 egg yolks 7 ounces (1 cup) superfine sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Vt cup water 4 ounces (8 tablespoons) butter, clarified and warmed (6% clarified tablespoons) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare one 3-by- 8-inch pan or two 8V4-inch heart-shaped flan forms on a parchment-lined, buttered and floured baking sheet. Sift the flour and corn­ starch together. Set aside. Place the yolks and sugar in a large mixing bowl and heat them over simmering water. Do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water. Whisk constantly but gen­ tly until the mixture is al­ most hot. Beat the mixture in an electric mixer until it is very thick and light-colored, and the bowl is cool (about 5 minutes). Lower the speed and beat in the vanilla and water. Sift the flour-cornstarch mixture a second time over the batter in two stages, folding after each addition until all the flour has been incorporated. Warm the butter and fold it in gently in two stages. Immediately pour the batter into the pre­ pared pan(s). Bake for 40 to 45 minutes if in one pan, 20 minutes if in heart-shaped flan forms. The cake will be pale golden when baked, not browned. Invert the cake at once onto a wire rack. The cake will sink slightly. NOTE: This cake is so moist it does not need syrup. It has a cnmchy, me- nngue-like crust and is deli­ cious to eat plain. After having been frozen for sev­ eral weeks it still retains a fresh-baked quality if it is brought to room tempera­ ture. Students elected by PTK CRYSTAL LAKE - Brenda Davis of Crystal Lake has been elected president of McHenry County College's Chi Upsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Other officers elected with her are Sherri Bruce of McHenry, vice pres ident; Patty Schillaci of McHenry, secretary; and Jim Cook of Woodstock, treasurer. Their one- year terms of office con­ tinue through January 1965. > Davis , a second semester student at MCC, graduated from Crystal Lake Central High School. She has a 3.0 grade point average. After graduation from MCC, she plans to at­ tend a four-year college in Illinois. Bruce, a Johnsburg High School graduate, is in her second semester at MCC and has a 3.38 GPA. After graduation from MCC, she plans to study nutrition at a four- year college. Schillaci is a graduate of McHenry West High School . A second semester student at MCC, she has earned a 3.7 GPA. After gradua­ tion from MCC, she plans to continue her studies as a com- The majority of stars we know of are in binary systems where two stars move through space to­ gether and influence each other gravitationally. NOTICE OF MEETING Hancock Drive Improvmont An open-house meeting to review and comment on plans to improve Hancock Drive between the two intersections of East Wonder Lake Road, in Wonder Lake will be held as follows: Date/Time: March 21, 1984, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Place: American Legion Hall, 4117 E. Wonder Lake Road (one block north of Hancock Drive/Mc Cullom Lake Road at Center Drive) This meeting, and opportunity to review plans and make comments, is open to the affected Hancock Drive/Mc Cullom Lake Road property owners and to other local residents interested in the pro­ posed improvements. Construction is tentatively scheluled to begin during spring 1985. • •< n , ,.wrn<uo) • John. C. Regner Highway Commissioner McHenry Township Pub.3/9 & 3/16 840120 munications major at Bradley University. A second semester student at MCC, Cook has earned a 3.5 GPA. Upon graduation from MCC, he plans to attend the College of Business at Northern Illinois University. PTK is an honor f r a t e r n i t y t h a t recognizes intellectual achievement of full- time students attending two-year colleges. To be eligible for member­ ship, a student must have completed 12 semester hours and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. As president, Davis says she would like to make PTK more visible at MCC. "I would like to see the people in the college know about it," she said. "We will do that by making it a more active organization than it has beat in the past." As a step in that direc­ tion, the Chi Upsilon chapter plans to be represented at the PTK national convention M a r c h 2 2 - 2 4 i n Washington DC. Ap­ proximately e ight members plan to at­ tend that convention to learn more about what other PTK chapters across the country are doing. Anyone wanting more information about PTK may contact Davis at MCC. 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Craef 385-0859 385-1616 Sunday Worship 7:45 & 10:30 Nursery Services at 10:30 Education for Eternity. Sunday School Children & Youth 9:00 a.m. McHENRY COUNTY FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKER) 1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 a.m. For information call 385-8512 or 312-683-3840 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Lincoln Rd & Eastwood Lane Sunday Service Ac Sunday School 10:30 Wed. 8 p.m. Reading Room Tues h Thuri 2-4 Saturday II-12 Noon ALLIANCE BIBLE CHURCH 3815 W. Bull Valley Rd. Rev. Gerald Robertson Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morainf Warship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study (sndPraje^K^m^^ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH JOHNSBURG Rev. John R. Holdren, Pastor Rectory Phone: 383-1477 Sat. Eve. Mass 5:30 p.m. Fulfills Sun. Oblication Sun. Masses 7. 9 & 11 a.m. Weekdays 7:30 fit 9. Sat 8 a.m. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 312-587-7727 (Office) 312-497-4527 (Paetors Office) Rev. J. W.Hughes. Ill Sunday Schedule: Worship Services 8:15 & 10:30 am Sunday School 9:15 a.m. VILLAGE CHURCH OF WONDER LAKE 4918 E. Wonder Lake Rd. Wonder Lake. Illinois Phone: 728-1091 Pastor - Dennis Shaw Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study 10 a.m. Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m. MARANATHA ASSEMBLY OF GOD. (Charismatic/Pentecostal) Pastor Lawrence Thompson 1309 Court St. 344-0557 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 i.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wed. Family Nite 7:00 p.m. JThur^Yjjjjy^7j00^jr^^ ST. FRANCIS POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH Flanders Road East of Ringwood Road Sunday Masses 11 a.m. Rev. Adalbert (Wojciech) Bazarnik cJoin Us In Worship =IN THE CHURCH OF= YOUR CHOICE MARANATHA ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1309 N. COURT ST. 344-0557 Lawrence Thompson, Pastor McHENRY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 3031 Lincoln Road 344-1111 Church Pastor Roy Wisner 1-653-9675 Sunday Service 10:30 Sunday Eve Service 6:00 p.m. Sunday School 9:15-10:15 FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2107 West Lincoln Road (Across from outdoor Theater) Worship 8:30 ft 10:45 Children At Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Bible Study-Wads. 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Dr. Eric J. Snyder Phone 385-5368 or 385-8460 Nursery Services Available ^ Hoate of The Joyful Noise Christian Preschool (nrft R. lustra FiMral Mmm 3519 W ELMI STREET McHENRY 385-2400 HavliM't Inferiors 414 S. ROUTE 31 McHENRY 385-3764 Iraki Parts Co. P 0 BOX 11 McHENRY 385-7000 Aco Nardworo 3729 W. ELM STREET McHENRY 385-3660 frock Um, lac. P 0 BOX 575 McHENRY 385-0712 Fonorol Homo 7611 HANCOCK DRIVE WONDER LAKE - 1-728-0233 McHonry Savings I Loan 1209 N GREEN STREET McHENRY 385-3000 First National Bank of McHonry 3814 W RTE. 120 McHENRY 385-5400 McHonry Plnindoalor 3812 W ELM STREET McHENRY 385-0170 Stato 3510 W ELM STREET McHENRY 385-1040 Potar M. iaston Fanoral Homo 3807 W ELM STREET McHENRY 385-0063 This space available to advertisers for pennies an issue. McHonry Point, Glass 4 Wallpaper 3411 W ELM STREET McHENRY 385-7353 Mitcholl Sales, Inc. BUICK - OLDS 903 N FRONT STREET McHENRY 385-7200 Const to Const Hardware 4400W RTE 120 McHENRY MARKET PLACE 385-6655 MOUNT HOPE/ UNITED METH0DIST 1015 W. Broadway. Pistakee Highlands Church Phone 312-497-3805 Linda Misewicz.Perconte, Pastor Personate (312) 497-3024 Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. PENECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD 4010 Westwood Dr.. Wonder Lake 815-653-9980 Janie A. Long. Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 11 am Sunday Evening Worship 6:30 pm Friday Bible Study 7 pm Wed Bible Study 6:30 pm CHAIN O'LAKES EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH 4815 N. Wilmot Road Church Phone 497-3000 Parsonage 497-3050 Rev. Marlowe Shoop Sunday School for all 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Wwkday/Nijh^^roy^Groug^ NATIVITY • LUTHERAN CHURCH 3506 E. Wonder Lake Rd. Box 157 Wonder Lake. Illinois Phone 653-3832 Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a .m. (Nursery Facilities Available) ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Edmund Petit. Pastor Sat. Eve (Sunday Obligation Fulfilled) 5 p.m. Sunday 7:15. 8:30. 9:45 II & 12:15 UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 258 Sunnyside, Lakemoor Rev. Nolan Hilderbrand 312-279-6289 Sunday 9:45 a.m. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Fri. 7:30 p.m. Wed. 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Friday 7:30 p.m Youth Service FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3717 W. Main Street Church Phone 385-0931 Thomas Lowery, Pastor Parsonage Phone 385-1352 Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. Church School 10:45 a.m. CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake. Ill Sun Masses 8. 10 am & noon Sat Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Fulfills Sunday Obligation RINGWOOD METHODIST CHURCH Ringwood. Illinois Pastor Cordon Smith Res. 648-2848 Church 653-6956 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Church School 9:45 a.m. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 3706 St. Paul s & Green 385-0390 Rev. Marion Mailey, Rector Sunday Services Nursery Provide* 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Christian Education ip:00 A.M. Family Eucharist Wed. 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Holy Days as Announced FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 509 Front St. 385-0083 Thomas R. Roberson. Pastor Bible Study-Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer Service 6:30 p.m CHURCH OF GOD OF McHENRY (Pentecostal) 3813 John St.. McHenry. Ill Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:50 a.m. Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. Kevin Grissom. Pastor Phone 344-2032. 344-3950 THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION 1403 N. Richmond Rd.. McHENRY 385-0024 Rev. James G. Gay nor. Pastor Rev. James Novak. Asst. Priest Rev. Walter Johnson. M.M. 4 Rev. Stanley Ryzner Rev. C. Alfred Dietsch Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. (Fulfills Sunday Obligation) Sunday Masses 6:30. 8:00, 9:30. 9:45. 10:45, 11.00. 12 noon t