Make as directed in the last recipe; take out a small cupful of batter and stir into it enough powdered cochineal moistened with rose-water to color it a pretty pink. In filling the mould drop here and there a teaspoonful of this, spreading slightly with the tip of a spoon to blend it with the surrounding batter.

Green-And-Silver Cake

Make a good "silver-cake" batter ; reserve a cupful and mix with it enough spinach-juice to color it green. Add a little flour to make up for the thinning of the juice. To get the coloring matter, put freshly washed leaves of spinach in an inner boiler, and set in boiling water. Cover and keep the water at a hard boil until the leaves are scalded and drowned in their own juices. Squeeze through a cloth and cool before using.