After months of work, Helen Dawson, agricultural convener, left, and Miriam Lank, home economics and health convener, and show the results of their project – the Women’s Institute Island Product Cooking Contest Cookbook.
If you have a surplus of beets in your garden, you might want to consider this prize-winning recipe. It was awarded “Best of” The Women’s Institute Island Product Cooking Contest Cookbook. Copies are available at the WI office, 40 Enman Cres., Charlottetown, or by calling 902-368-4860.
Winning recipe: Beet Cake from the June 19th article in The Guardian, by Sally Cole.
3 egg yolks 1 ½ cup white sugar 1 cup oil 1 tsp. vanilla 3 tbsp. hot water 1 cup shredded carrots 1 cup shredded raw beets ½ cup raisins or nuts 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt
Mix egg yolks, sugar, oil, vanilla and hot water together. Add shredded carrots, shredded beets, raisins, flower, baking powder and salt. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour in tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees C for one hour.
Icing
¼ cup margarine 4 oz. cream cheese 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup icing sugar
Blend together in a bowl.
If you have a super surplus, give this recipe for Chocolate Beet Cupcakes a try, too!
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About FWIC
The idea to form a national group was first considered in 1912. In 1914, however, when the war began the idea was abandoned. At the war’s end, Miss Mary MacIsaac, Superintendent of Alberta Women’s Institute, revived the idea. She realized the importance of organizing the rural women of Canada so they might speak as one voice for needed reforms, and the value of co-ordinating provincial groups for a more consistent organization. In February 1919, representatives of the provinces met in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to form the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada.