Mix the dry ingredients together, rub in
the butter, and mix to a firm paste with the
egg. Roll out thinly, cut into rounds, and
bake till firm, about fifteen minutes. When
cool, sandwich two together with jam, put a
little icing on the top, and place a cherry in
the centre.
GERMAN BISCUITS.
2 oz. butter.
2 oz. sugar.
3^ oz. flour,
iegg.
^ teaspoonful ground cinnamon.
Milk if necessary.
Glace icing.
Jam.
Cherries.
teaspoonful baking powder.
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GERMAN POUND CAKE.
10 oz. flour.
8 oz. butter.
8 oz. ca.stor sugar.
4 oz. peel.
1 lemon.
8 oz. sultanas.
6 eggs.
Cream butter and sugar ; add eggs with a
little flour, then sultanas, peel (chopped up),
and grated rind, with remainder of flour.
Turn into a prepared tin, and bake in a steady
oven for two hours.
Chop the almonds very finely, and pound
well in a mortar. Add the sugar, ground
almonds, and rice - flour, and pound again.
Beat the egg slightly, and mix almonds to a
firm consistency with it. Roll into small
balls, place them on rice paper, and put a
split almond on the top of each. Brush over
with white of egg, and bake in a moderate
oven till crisp and slightly brown.
MACAROONS.
2 oz. almonds.
1 tablespoonful ground
almonds.
4 oz. castor sugar.
1 teaspoonful rice-flour.
1-1 1 white of eggs.
Almonds for top.
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MADEIRA CAKE.
8 oz. flour.
5 oz. butter.
6 oz. castor sugar.
Grated lemon rind
4 eggs.
1 teaspoonful baking powder.
Citron peel.
Sieve the flour, cream the butter and sugar,
add the grated rind. Add the flour and eggs
by degrees, and beat well. Add the baking
powder with the last spoonful of flour. Turn
into a greased tin ; place the citron on the
top. Place in a moderate oven, and bake
steadily for one and a half hour.
Whisk yolks and sugar, then add the
whites stiffly beaten, and whisk this mixture
over hot water till thick. Whisk tiU cool, and
fold in the flours dried and sieved and the
baking powder. Place in a greased and
papered tin in a moderately hot oven about
one hour. When cold, decorate it with mocha
icing.
MOCHA CAKE.
4 eggs.
4 oz. castor sugar.
2 oz. flour
2 oz. cornflour or potato-flour.
^ teaspoonful baking powder✪ Coffee Cakes.
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PLUM CAKE.
1^ lb. flour.
1 lb. butter.
1 lb. sugar.
4 oz. cherries.
2 oz. walnuts.
2 oz. preserved ginger.
^ lb. sultanas.
1 lb. currants.
2 oz. peel.
2 oz. almonds.
8 eggs.
Milk if necessary✪ Plum Cake.
Cream butter and sugar, and beat in eggs
one by one with a little flour. Add the
cleaned fruit and the rest of the flour. Have
the mixture of a firm consistency. Bake in a
steady oven for four or five hours.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
RICE CAKE.
6 oz. rice-flour.
1 teaspoonful baking powder.
2 eggs.
Lemon essence.
8 oz. flour.
4 oz. butter.
4 oz. sugar✪ Rice Cake.
SCOTCH SEED CAKE.
14 oz. flour.
8 oz. sugar.
4 oz. almonds.
1 dessertspoonful baking
8 oz. mixed peel.
8 oz. butter.
powder.
6 eggs✪ Scotch Seed Cake.
Prepare and bake as for Plum Cake.
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SEED CAKE.
\
^ lb. flour.
^ lb. butter,
1 lb. sugar.
2 eggs.
1 dessertspoonful caraway seeds.
1 teaspoonful baking powder.
A little milk.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
SIMNEL CAKE.
3 oz. flour.
3 oz. butter.
3 oz. sugar.
4 oz. sultanas.
1 teaspoonful baking powder,
i „ ground ginger.
^ „ ground cinnamon.
4 oz. currants.
4 oz. Valencia raisins.
2 oz. peel.
^ teaspoonful nutmeg.
Pinch salt.
2 eggs.
Milk if necessary.
Almond Paste.
✪ Simnel Cake
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Mix the dry ingredients together, rub in the butter, and mix to a firm paste with the egg. Roll out thinly, cut into rounds, and bake till firm, about fifteen minutes. When cool, sandwich two together with jam, put a little icing on the top, and place a cherry in the centre.
GERMAN BISCUITS.
2 oz. butter. 2 oz. sugar. 3^ oz. flour, iegg.
^ teaspoonful ground cinnamon. Milk if necessary.
Glace icing.
Jam.
Cherries.
teaspoonful baking powder.
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GERMAN POUND CAKE.
10 oz. flour.
8 oz. butter.
8 oz. castor sugar.4 oz. peel.
1 lemon.
8 oz. sultanas. 6 eggs.
Cream butter and sugar ; add eggs with a little flour, then sultanas, peel (chopped up), and grated rind, with remainder of flour. Turn into a prepared tin, and bake in a steady oven for two hours.
Chop the almonds very finely, and pound well in a mortar. Add the sugar, ground almonds, and rice - flour, and pound again. Beat the egg slightly, and mix almonds to a firm consistency with it. Roll into small balls, place them on rice paper, and put a split almond on the top of each. Brush over with white of egg, and bake in a moderate oven till crisp and slightly brown.
MACAROONS.
2 oz. almonds.
1 tablespoonful ground
almonds.
4 oz. castor sugar.
1 teaspoonful rice-flour. 1-1 1 white of eggs. Almonds for top.
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MADEIRA CAKE.
8 oz. flour.
5 oz. butter.
6 oz. castor sugar.Grated lemon rind
4 eggs.
1 teaspoonful baking powder. Citron peel.
Sieve the flour, cream the butter and sugar, add the grated rind. Add the flour and eggs by degrees, and beat well. Add the baking powder with the last spoonful of flour. Turn into a greased tin ; place the citron on the top. Place in a moderate oven, and bake steadily for one and a half hour.
Whisk yolks and sugar, then add the whites stiffly beaten, and whisk this mixture over hot water till thick. Whisk tiU cool, and fold in the flours dried and sieved and the baking powder. Place in a greased and papered tin in a moderately hot oven about one hour. When cold, decorate it with mocha icing.
MOCHA CAKE.
4 eggs.
4 oz. castor sugar. 2 oz. flour
2 oz. cornflour or potato-flour. ^ teaspoonful baking powder.
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PLUM CAKE.
1^ lb. flour. 1 lb. butter. 1 lb. sugar.
4 oz. cherries. 2 oz. walnuts.
2 oz. preserved ginger.
^ lb. sultanas.
1 lb. currants.
2 oz. peel.
2 oz. almonds. 8 eggs.
Milk if necessary.
Cream butter and sugar, and beat in eggs one by one with a little flour. Add the cleaned fruit and the rest of the flour. Have the mixture of a firm consistency. Bake in a steady oven for four or five hours.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
RICE CAKE.
6 oz. rice-flour.
1 teaspoonful baking powder.
2 eggs.
Lemon essence.
8 oz. flour.
4 oz. butter. 4 oz. sugar.
SCOTCH SEED CAKE.
14 oz. flour. 8 oz. sugar.
4 oz. almonds.
1 dessertspoonful baking
8 oz. mixed peel. 8 oz. butter.
powder. 6 eggs.
Prepare and bake as for Plum Cake.
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SEED CAKE.
\
^ lb. flour.
^ lb. butter,
1 lb. sugar.
2 eggs.
1 dessertspoonful caraway seeds. 1 teaspoonful baking powder.
A little milk.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
SIMNEL CAKE.
3 oz. flour.
3 oz. butter.
3 oz. sugar.
4 oz. sultanas.
1 teaspoonful baking powder, i „ ground ginger.
^ „ ground cinnamon.
4 oz. currants.
4 oz. Valencia raisins. 2 oz. peel.
^ teaspoonful nutmeg. Pinch salt.
2 eggs.
Milk if necessary.
Almond Paste.
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