Large, full page clipping from Woman’s Home Companion. Date on reverse is May 1948.

Ummmm, plump rosy strawberries–when it comes to dreaming up a gay pretty-as-a-party dessert we think there’s

NO BETTER BERRY!

BY DOROTHY KIRK
FOOD EDITOR

We can’t think of a single fruit that inspires the all-out devotion a strawberry demands and gets. Izaak Walton quoted this quip of the year way back in the someteenth century: “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.”

Well, we’ll buy that! But how to serve strawberries is another matter. Some people are blissfully happy with a plain dish of berries and sugar, others campaign for a nice little wardrobe of recipes–sports, Sunday-best and such. So here you are–all ready to greet the summer with either the new look or the old look in berries. One thing’s certain–you’ll get a downright jubilant look from the family when you serve these festive treats!

STRAWBERRY ROLL

Cake flour, 3/4 cup
Baking powder, 1 teaspoon
Salt, 1/4 teaspoon
Eggs, 4
Sugar, 3/4 cup
Vanilla, 1 teaspoon
Water, 2 tablespoons
Confectioners’ sugar, 6 tablespoons
Heavy cream, 1 1/2 cups
Strawberry halves, 3 cups

Sift flour; measure, add baking powder and salt; sift again. Separate egg yolks from whites. Beat whites until stiff but not dry; gradually beat in half the sugar, adding about 2 tablespoons at a time. Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored, add remaining sugar, vanilla and water; continue beating until very thick. Gently fold in beaten whites. Fold in dry ingredients gradually–about 1/4 cup at a time. Pour mixture into a very shallow baking pan (10 by 15 inches) lined with waxed paper. Bake in moderate oven 375° for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove cake from pan and turn it out on a clean cloth. Strip off waxed paper and roll up cake like a jelly roll–quickly! Wrap in cloth and cool on rack.

Right before serving combine confectioners’ sugar and cream, whip till very perky. Unroll cake, fill with half the whipped cream and a layer of berries. Roll it up again and spread outside with remaining whipped cream. Top with berries. Makes 10 servings.

Woman’s Home Companion
May 1948