Article: Velvet pie has stood test of time; Reader requests Dump cake:"I am looking for a recipe for dump cake. The ingredients include a box of yellow cake mix, whole cherries, crushed pineapple and I think, some pecans, put in one bowl and mixed." J.K. Eckel, Milwaukee Cheesecake:"The Bright Star Dairy once published a cheesecake recipe using their dairy products. Would someone still have a copy of that recipe tucked away? I sure would appreciate having a copy. I believe it was baked with a zwieback crust." Clara L. Hohl, Milwaukee Sweet pastry:"My Swiss grandmother used to make a sweet pastry at Christmas called `bitta baka.' I'm not sure of the spelling. It was a loaf with a piecrust-like crust and a prune filling. I sure would love to have the recipe so I could make it for my family." Dolores Skowronek, GreenfieldGrasshopper cake:"I would like to know if anyone has the recipe for a grasshopper cake. It is a chocolate layer cake with green mint filling. I misplaced or lost my recipe." Dorothy Honrath, Brookfield

Audrey A. Warner, Milwaukee, and Rena Safer, Glendale, sent recipes for Lovice Becker, who wanted a gelatin dessert in which whipped evaporated milk was used.

Warner said she has been making her torte, which includes strawberry gelatin, since 1948.

Audrey's Pink Velvet Pie16 graham crackers, finely crushed 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin1/2 cup boiling water1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup sugar1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk, undiluted, chilled until ice crystals form (about 3 hours in freezer)1 teaspoon grated lemon rindMix graham crackers in bowl with butter. Remove 1/4 cup graham cracker mixture to use ...

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