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 Guava Shortcake Supreme
 2 cups of flour 1/ tsp. salt
 4 tsp. baking powder /4 cup of shortening
 2 tsp. sugar About % cup of milk
 Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt two times. Cut the
shortening and add milk gradually. Toss on slightly floured
board and divide into two equal parts. Pat and roll to fit in two
buttered cake tins and bake in hot oven about 15 minutes. When
done remove one of the cakes to hot serving plate and cover with
well-sweetened guavas, sliced, seeds removed from pulp and pulp
added to sliced fruit.
 Pour over thick sweet cream or spread with butter, and cover
with other cake. Spread with more of the guava, grate on a
little nutmeg and cover top with slightly sweetened whipped
cream.
 Guava Up-Side-Down Cake
 In a greased pan about nine inches in diameter spread one cup-
ful of brown sugar and dot with one-fourth cupful of butter.
Cover with a pint of guavas, fresh fruit preferred, seeds removed.
Place in oven while mixing the following batter:
 2 eggs 14 cup bran
 1/ cup milk 1 cup flour
 1 cup sugar 212 tsp. baking powder
 1 tbsp. lemon juice % tsp. salt
 Separate the eggs and beat yolks. Add half the water, sugar
and lemon juice, then part of the bran, flour, baking powder and
salt which have been mixed together. Add the remaining water
and dry ingredients, lastly folding in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour over guavas and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.)
for about 50 minutes. When baked, turn up-side-down on a large
platter. Spread with caramel from pan evenly over cake and
serve with cream or a hot lemon sauce.
 Guava Gingerbread
 Pare, remove seed and slice guavas, sufficient to make a pint,
into a buttered baking dish and mix with 1/ cupful of sugar and
1 tablespoonful of lemon juice. Cook 20 minutes in a moderate
oven while the following batter is being mixed:
 1 egg 1 tsp. ginger
 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
 /2 cup sour milk % tsp. nutmeg
 % tsp. soda 1 tsp. baking powder
 1 cup flour % cup molasses
 /4 tsp. salt
 Beat egg, add sugar, sour milk, molasses, and the dry ingre-
dients sifted together; add the melted butter. Mix well and
pour batter over guavas. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.)