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of dough. Roll gently until 1/4 inch thick and 15 inches wide.
Brush with butter; sprinkle with sugar and add chopped pecans.
Roll up as for jelly roll. Shape into a ring, fastening ends together
firmly. Place in buttered pan. Wash top with egg and milk,
cover and let rise until fully doubled. Bake 20 to 25 minutes in a
very moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees F. Remove from pan and
while still warm (not hot) frost with water icing. Sprinkle top
with chopped nuts or candied orange peel.
 This dough may be used for any sort of coffee cake or for rich
sweet rolls.
 Guava Sauce Cake
 cup fat /2 tsp. nutmeg
 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. salt
 1 egg 3 tsp. baking powder
 1 cup unsweetened guava sauce 1 cup candied orange peel, or
 2 cups flour kumquat
 1/ cup of milk 1/ cup pecans, cut small
 1/ tsp. cinnamon /4 tsp. soda
 /2 tsp. cloves
 Cream the fat and sugar thoroughly. Add the remainder of
the ingredients with the soda dissolved in the guava sauce. Beat
for two minutes. Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan in slow
oven (300 degrees F.) for about 40 minutes.
 The sauce may be made from the pulp left from the jelly drip-
cooked thick and canned without sugar.
 Pecans may be substituted for the orange peel or raisins, or
they may be omitted entirely. A dusting of powdered sugar is
sufficient icing, but the most delicious for any of the guava cake is:

 Lemon or Lime Butter Icing
 2 cups powdered sugar /4 cup melted butter
 3 tbsp. water 1%1 tbsp. lemon juice
 1 /2 tsp. grated lemon rind
 Mix all together, stirring until creamy. Spread at once. Cala-
mondin juice gives delightful flavor. If used, substitute cala-
mondin juice also for the water.
 Lady Tavares Guava Cake
 1 cup shortening 1 cup raisins
 1 egg 1 cup sugar
 1 cup guava sauce (or when in 2 tbsp. guava jelly
 season, use 1 cup fresh 1 tsp. soda
 guavas ground without 1% cup flour
 peeling, but with seeds 1 tsp. cinnamon
 taken out.) % tsp. nutmeg
 1/ tsp. salt 12 tsp. cloves
 Cream shortening and sugar. Add the egg and mix. Add the
guava sauce or pulp, in which the soda has been dissolved, then
the flour which has been sifted with the spices and salt. Dredge