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Title: Billy in Bunbury

Author: Royal Baking Powder Company

Release date: February 15, 2016 [eBook #51224]

Language: English

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 Billy in 
 Bunbury


































 Billy in Bunbury








Price Baking Powder Factory


1001 Independence Boulevard


Chicago










COPYRIGHT, 1925; BY ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.      PRINTED IN U.S.A.


































Bunbury is a tasteful town


Beside a syrup sea,


Where sponge cake fish and waffle whales


Disport themselves in glee.






Bunbury’s streets are good to eat


Of that make no mistake,


For Bunbury’s streets are made, you know,


Of finest marble cake.



















COCOA RAISIN MUFFINS






(see illustration below)







Sift together flour, cocoa, sugar,
salt, cinnamon and baking powder.
Add raisins, then milk slowly to
make a smooth batter. Add shortening
and mix thoroughly. Put 1
tablespoon batter in each greased
muffin tin and bake in moderate
oven (400°) for about 20 minutes.


Makes 16 muffins.


MUFFIN SURPRISES



Mix together dry ingredients. Add
milk, beaten egg, molasses, if used,
and shortening. Stir until smooth.
Half fill each greased gem pan.
Drop in center a stoned date, a
teaspoon currant jelly, candied
cherry or other fruit. Add teaspoon
of batter and bake in
moderate oven (375°) about 25
minutes.


Makes 12 muffins.






All measurements are level




























Its fences are of pie crust


And its houses built of buns,


With frosted roofs and raisins


On the most important ones.






Bunbury has fine doughnut trees


Beside a chocolate fountain,


And just outside the town you’ll find


A giant layer cake mountain.






Its people are too cunning


And too sweet for any use;


There’s spry Pop Over, Johnny Cake


And dainty Charlotte Russe.






The moon’s a muffin, and the sun


A hot cake warm and mellow.


Its gentle rays make Bunbury folk


A tempting brownish yellow!






And when it snows, marshmallow


Covers everything with icing—


The houses, and the people, too,


Look even more enticing.






Bunbury’s folk oft gather round


Ye Coffee Ring, and tell


The news about young Johnny Cake—


Who’s courting Patty Shell!



















Bunbury’s vaults are filled with gems


For Hun Bun, the bun boy king.


He has gems to burn (but doesn’t)


Burnt gems are not the thing.






The reason why this little town


So gay and sweet and nice is


Because each cake and cooky there


Was raised on Dr. Price’s!














Now one day as the cooky clock


In taffy tower tolled,


Flap Jack, the King’s own messenger


Into the castle rolled.






“Your Bunship!” puffed the little Jack,


“I bring surprising news!


There is a little lad near here


Too skinny for his shoes.






“He will not eat his breakfast


And he will not eat his lunch.


He’s lost his taste for baseball


And completely lost his punch!”
























FLAP JACKS






(see illustration below)







Sift dry ingredients together; add
beaten eggs, milk and melted shortening;
mix well. Bake on hot,
slightly greased griddle until bubbles
appear; turn over quickly and
brown other side. Serve immediately
on hot plate with plenty of
butter and syrup or butter and
cinnamon mixed with sugar.


Makes 24 flap jacks.


FLAP JACKS WITH RICE



Mix rice, milk, shortening, salt and
well-beaten egg; stir in flour and
baking powder which have been
sifted together; mix well, adding
more milk if necessary to make a
soft batter. Bake on hot, slightly
greased griddle until bubbles appear;
turn over quickly and brown
other side. Serve immediately on
hot plate with plenty of butter and
syrup or butter and cinnamon
mixed with sugar.


Makes 24 flap jacks.






All measurements are level




























“What?” spluttered Hun Bun, pushing back


His sparkling candy crown;


“Ho! fetch my dog! Ho! fetch my cane!


I’ll catch a train to town!”






And when his cane and dog were fetched


He hopped aboard the train,


And in a way I scarce can guess


And even less explain






Arrived at little Billy’s house.


He found the boy at tea.


“Hello!” cried Hun Bun, “Howdy-do!”


And likewise, “Howdy-de!”






Then Hun Bun’s dog began to bark,


You’ve heard of him, perhaps?


He’s full of ginger and of spice


His name is Ginger Snaps.






“Why, who are you?” gasped Billy


Nearly falling in his plate.


“I’m Hun Bun!” smiled the little chap,


“The Cooky Potentate.”






“Go on and eat your supper, boy,


’Twill make you strong and fat,


And fit to hit a punching bag


Or swing a baseball bat!”






“Not hungry” sighed the little lad


And scowled upon his meat,


And frowned into his glass of milk,


“There’s nothing fit to eat.”



















DOUGHNUTS


These doughnuts are very wholesome
and excellent for children.
They do not contain any shortening
and should be fried very carefully
in fat at just the right temperature
so that no grease will be
absorbed. They can be served plain
or sprinkled with powdered sugar
after they have thoroughly drained
and cooled.



Save ⅓ cup of measured flour for
board. Beat eggs until light; add
milk, then add this liquid to the
dry ingredients which have been
sifted well together. Roll out ¼
inch thick on slightly floured
board and fry in deep fat (365°-375°).
Drain well on unglazed
paper. Sprinkle with powdered
sugar.


Makes 30 doughnuts.






All measurements are level




























“Dear me” mused Hun Bun, while the pup


Licked Billy on the ear,


“A boy as thin as you could not


Be President I fear.”






And hopping on the table


He began to walk around,


He peered into each plate and dish,


Then even Hun Bun frowned.






And leaning on his pep’mint cane


And looking really hurt,


The bun boy King called dolefully,


“Why, where is the dessert?”






In rage he shook his candy cane,


As will such angry kings;


And roared, “It’s plain to see your fare


Lacks most essential things.






“No cakes, no cookies and no buns,


No biscuits—not a tart!


None of the things real fellows like,


Why Bill, it breaks my heart!






“It seems your mother does not know


What youngsters like to eat,


It surely is high time, I think,


That she and I should meet!”






























SUGAR COOKIES



Cream shortening and sugar together;
add milk to beaten eggs
and beat again; add slowly to
creamed shortening and sugar; add
flavoring; add 2 cups of measured
flour sifted with salt, baking powder
and nutmeg; add enough more
flour to roll easily. Roll out thin
on floured board; cut with any
fancy-shaped cooky cutter; sprinkle
with granulated sugar or put
a raisin or nut in the center of
each. Bake about 10 minutes in
moderate oven (380°).


For Chocolate Cookies put aside
portion of the dough before adding
all the flour and add 2 tablespoons
cocoa to each cup of cooky dough.


Makes 4 dozen cookies.






All measurements are level




























Soon, hearing all the rumpus


Billy’s mother came to see


To whom her son was talking


And what all the noise could be.






When Hun Bun spied her, he remarked


In accents sharp and biting,


“No wonder that your boy won’t eat,


His food’s so uninviting.






“Your son wants cookies, buns and cake,


And other things that mothers make.”


Bill’s mother, looking apprehensive,


Remarked, “But cakes are so expensive.”






“Not so!” quoth Hun Bun drawing forth


A brightly colored book,


“Use Dr. Price’s Baking Powder,


Hereafter when you cook!”






Then Hun Bun gaily doffed his crown


And with a bow quite comical,


He told her, “You will find it good


And very economical.






“But now we must depart and so


We’ll bid you a good-night,


For Bill and I are going to try


To find his appetite.”






























BUTTERSCOTCH CURLS






(see illustration below)







Sift dry ingredients; add shortening,
mixing it in with a fork (if
liquid shortening is used, add with
milk). Add milk to make a fairly
soft dough. Knead slightly and roll
out ¼ inch thick. Spread well with
creamed butter and brown sugar.
Roll up as for jelly roll; cut in 1-inch
pieces. Stand these on end in
well-buttered gem pans or in small
greased muffin rings and bake in
a hot oven (425°) about 15 minutes.
Makes 12 rolls or 22 if baked
in small rings.


PEANUT COOKIES



Sift dry ingredients together. Add
melted shortening to beaten egg.
Add milk and lemon juice, and mix
well with the dry ingredients to
make soft dough. Add peanuts;
mix well and drop with teaspoon on
greased pan. Bake in moderate oven
(400°) about 20 minutes. This
recipe makes about four dozen
small cookies and requires 1 quart
of peanuts.






All measurements are level




























And while the puzzled lady


Grasped the cook book in surprise,


The Pup and Bill and Hun Bun


Disappeared before her eyes.






Next instant they were on a train


And hieing in a hurry


Across a golden cornbread plain


To little Hun’s Bunbury.






The engine on its lic’rice rails


Cream puffed along so fast


The pep’mint poles and chocolate cows


Went simply whizzing past!






And when they reached the station


All the tasty cakes and tarts


Were out to welcome Billy,


Bless their little sugar hearts.






The Royal Bun Band headed


By a pound cake drummer man,


Came tooting down the central street


And after it there ran






A flock of Scotch and Dutch cakes,


Twenty cookies and a roll,


While all the orange icing bells


Began to peal and toll.



















Soon our Billy was no bigger


Than a Cooky Man himself;


For Hun’s magician, Devils Food,


Had changed him to an elf.






“We’re going to the circus first,”


Said Hun Bun in his ear,


“Where you can see the animals


And all the freaks, so queer.”






The little cracker animals


Cavorted ’round the tent,


Till the air was full of cracker dust


And cheers and merriment.














How Billy laughed, while Ginger barked


And Hun Bun clapped with glee;


“Come on now,” cried the mighty king


“There’s other folk to see.






“Here’s Captain Jelly Roll who drills


Our biscuit P’licemen brave,


But we don’t really need them


For good cakes like us behave.”






The more of Bunbury’s sights he saw,


The hungrier he grew,


And yet, to eat up Hun Bun’s friends


Would never, never do.
























BISCUIT TARTS



Sift together flour, baking powder,
salt and sugar; add well-beaten egg
and melted shortening to milk and
add to dry ingredients to make soft
dough. Roll out on floured board,
⅛ inch thick. Cut out with medium-size
biscuit cutter which has been
dipped in flour. Then taking a
smaller cutter, cut ½ of these
rounds again. Brush the large
rounds lightly with melted butter.
Then take the outer rings and lay
on top of the large buttered rounds.
Put on greased baking tin. Put a
teaspoon of jam in each tart
and bake in hot oven (475°) for
about 10 minutes. The small centers
can be brushed with butter
and baked in the same manner
and served as little tea biscuits.


Makes 10 tarts with 10 tiny
biscuits.






All measurements are level




























While no one looked he slyly took


A piece of pie crust fence,


And next he ate a pretzel gate—


It tasted just immense!






They stopped to watch a cake walk


In the little frosted square


Where all the best and richest cakes


Were stepping it for fair.






The Scotch scones danced the Highland fling,


The Dutch cakes danced the clog,


And Hun Bun led the bun ballet


Assisted by his dog.






Young Billy felt so gay himself


He danced with Sally Lunn,


He never knew a cake walk


Was such a lot of fun.






But with every passing minute


Bill grew hungrier until


Bunbury’s king was worried!


“I’m afraid that little Bill






Will bring this cake walk to an end


And start a canni-ball,


He’ll eat my favorite subjects up


Which wouldn’t do at all.”



















PARTY CAKES



Cream butter, add sugar slowly;
add beaten eggs. Sift flour, salt
and baking powder together; add
a little at a time alternately with
the milk to the first mixture; beat
thoroughly; add flavoring and bake
in greased small gem pans in a hot
oven (425°) about 20 minutes.
Cover with plain white frosting.


Makes 18 cakes.


For  chocolate cakes, add ½ cup
cocoa, mixed with ½ cup cold
water to the above recipe.


Makes 24 cakes.


Cover with the following meringue:


JELLY MERINGUE



Put egg white and jelly together into
bowl and beat with egg beater or
wire whip until stiff. Spread on
tops of cakes.






All measurements are level




























He murmured to a tea bun,


“Though I certainly rejoice


To see he’s found his appetite,


Just order my Rolls Royce.”






Soon up it rolled, a chocolate drop


Was at the cooky wheel.


“Jump in,” cried Hun Bun, “It is time


For us to leave, I feel.






“Now you may eat the extra tire,”


(It was a doughnut brown)


“Oh, thank you, Hun,” cried Billy,


As they sped from Bunbury town.






They reached home very quickly


By the magic route they took,


And there they found Bill’s mother


Absorbed in Hun Bun’s book.






“Here’s Billy,” shouted Hun Bun,


“With an appetite so hearty


He gobbled up a fence and gate


And nearly ate the party!”






“The things I saw all looked so good


I longed to eat my fill,


Oh, mother, how I wish that you


Could make me some,” cried Bill.






“I never could,” she started,


But this speech was not allowed her,


For Hun Bun cried, “You can if you


Use Price’s Baking Powder!”






























BIRTHDAY CAKE



Cream butter thoroughly; beat in
sugar, a little at a time. Add
flavoring and yolks of eggs beaten
until pale yellow. Add milk, beating
in a little at a time. Beat egg
whites until light. Sift flour with
baking powder three times. Add
alternately small portions of egg
whites and flour and stir mixture
until light and fluffy. Bake in
greased loaf pan in moderate oven
(350°) about one hour. Cover with
following ornamental frosting:



Boil sugar and water, without stirring
until syrup spins a thread
(238°); add slowly to beaten egg
whites; add salt and flavoring;
beat until smooth and stiff enough
to spread. Put over boiling water,
stirring continually until icing
grates slightly on bowl. Spread
on top and sides of cake.






All measurements are level




























So saying, Hun gave her a can


Of bright and sunny yellow.


“With this you easily can make


Good things for this young fellow.






“And Madam, ’stead of coaxing


Boys and girls to eat, ’tis wiser


To add a cake or cooky


As a little appetizer!”






From the day that he met Hun Bun


Little Bill began to gain.


His appetite’s tremendous


And the reason’s very plain.






His mother makes him good things


Of which he eats his fill,


For everything she puts in them


Is good for little Bill.






Dr. Price’s Baking Powder


And King Hun Bun’s wondrous book


Have made of Billy’s mother


An exceedingly good cook.






He eats his lunch and breakfast


Each meal he finds a treat.


The other fellows watch their step


When Bill comes down the street.






Cakes like he met in Bunbury


His mother makes him now


And if YOU want some too, this book


Will tell YOUR MOTHER how!