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This hand-written index card in my mother-in-law's collection says the recipe is from Mrs. Warren Gilbert. The spelling of “gelatin” is correct given the age of the recipe.

Servings: 14 to 15

Servings: 14-15
Ingredients
  • water
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. unflavored gelatine
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • oranges
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 c. whipping cream
  • ½ lb. marshmallows
  • 24 lady fingers
  • 1 c. chopped nuts
  • ice cream
Steps
  1. Beat eggs.
  2. Squeeze enough oranges to get 1-c. juice, saving the pulp of 1 orange.
  3. Whip cream.
  4. Cut up marshmallows
  5. Put sugar & 2-c. water into saucepan; boil for 20-mins.
  6. Put gelatin in small heat-proof container, add just enough cold water to cover; then stir to dissolve.
  7. Pour boiling syrup over gelatin & stir.
  8. When gelatin is thoroughly dissolved & slightly cool, beat in eggs; then beat in lemon juice.
  9. Strain gelatin mixture; then stir in orange juice & pulp.
  10. Place gelatin in refrigerator to congeal.
  11. When gelatin is set, beat with a wire whisk till light. (This recipe predates electric mixers, but that's what I’d use one.)
  12. Mix marshmallows with whipped cream; then stir into orange gelatin mixture.
  13. Fold nuts into gelatin.
  14. Line ring mold or deep cake pan with lady fingers; then pour gelatin mixture into mold.
  15. Refrigerate for 12-hrs.
  16. Unmold & serve with with ice cream.
 

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