Borwick's cookery book

Beat margarine and sugar to a light cream, and add beaten yolks of eggs. Sift in the flour and baking powder, and beat the mixture thoroughly, and bake for I hour. When cake has cooled, cut into three layers, and spread each with apricot jam. Pour a little jam over the cake, and sprinkle well with chopped almonds. AMERICAN CURRANT CAKE. J lb. margarine. 1 lb. castor sugar. 2 eggs. 3 ozs. currants. . i lb. MILLENNIUM flour. ii teaspoonfuls BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. I teaspoonful ground cinnamon. I teaspoonful lemon essence. I tablespoonful of milk. Beat margarine and sugar to a light cream, and work in eggs one by one. Beat the mixture well for 10 minutes, then stir in the currants. Add the sifted flour, baking powder and milk. Pour into a paper-lined and well-greased cake tin, and bake for about 45 minutes in a moderately heated oven. CROSBY CAKE. 1 lb. MILLENNIUM flour. 2 teaspoonfuls BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. h lb. margarine 4 ozs. sugar. 6 ozs currants. 2 ozs. candied peel 2 eggs. A little milk. Pinch of salt. Well mix margarine and flour, add sugar, currants, peel, baking powder, and salt. Beat well, then add eggs and enough milk to form a batter, and mix thoroughly. Bake in greased tin about ij hours. MADEIRA CAKE. Three ozs. of margarine and 3 ozs. of sugar beaten to a cream ; add i egg, and beat in thoroughly. Sift into this mixture 5 ozs. of MILLENNIUM flour and i teaspoonful of BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. Pour the mixture into a lined and greased tin, place on top a strip of citron, and bake about 40 minutes. ACTON CAKE. 3 ozs. margarine. 4 ozs. cornflour. i1.5 ozs. MILLENNIUM flour. 1 teaspoonful BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. 2 eggs. 3 ozs. castor sugar, I lemon. Work margarine to a cream, then stir cornflour and flour gently into it. Add eggs beaten with castor sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, and baking powder. Mix thoroughly and bake h hour. EXCELSIOR CAKE. 2i ozs. MILLENNIUM flour. 1 teaspoonful BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. 2 ozs. margarine. I oz. castor sugar. I egg. Pinch of salt Beat margarine and sugar together until creamy, then add yolk of egg separately and the white (previously whipped). Sieve in the baking powder with the flour, and mix together thoroughly, and bake about 20 minutes in a brisk oven. When cooked, slice through, spread with jam, close again and cut into fingers and dice. SUNSHINE CAKE. 2 eggs. 2 ozs. sugar. 3 ozs. MILLENNIUM flour. I teaspoonful BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. Pinch of salt. Mix sugar and yolks of eggs, and beat 20 minutes. Add flour and baking powder sieved together, then stir in gently the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and the grated rind of ^ lemon. Bake in a large tin about 40 minutes. QUEEN CAKES. 1 lb. MILLENNIUM flour. 1.5 teaspoonfuls BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER. 4 ozs. margarine. 2 ozs. castor sugar. 2 ozs. currants. 2 eggs. 2 tablespoonfuls of milk. Warm sugar and beat with margarine to a cream, put in eggs, and well beat together for a few minutes. Then add milk, and mix in the flour, baking powder, and currants. Bake in fancy tins in a brisk oven for about 10 minutes. BIRTHDAY CAKE. 1 lb. margarine. 5 ozs. castor sugar. 2 eggs. ^ lb. currants. -|- lb. raisins. 4 ozs. candied peel.