Myra's cookery book

• • • • • • ... ... Butter your mould and tie paper round to give the cake room to rise. 8... ... ... ... Mix the eggs with the flour. 9... ... ... ... Beat up the reserved whites and stir them in very lightly. 10... • « « ... Put your cake in the mould and set it in the oven immediately. II... ... Bake from i to ij hours. 3.-P0UND CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Butter 1 lb. ... Beat to a cream. 2... Yolks of eggs 6 yolks ... 1 Beat well alone first, then beat up 3... Whites of eggs 3 1 with the butter. 4... Flour I lb. ... Beat in, adding it by degrees. 5-” Sugar I lb. do. 6... Carraways ... r tea spoonful Add if liked. 7... Beat all well for i hour. 8... ... Put in a buttered tin and b.ake i hour in a quick oven. CAKES AND BISCUITS. 337 4.-PLUM CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method, I... Flour li lbs. ... - 2... Butler do. 3” Currants J lb. ... 4... Stoned raisins J lb. ... 5... Sugar , ... lbs. ... 6... Yolks of eggs 14 7... Whites of eggs 7 8... Chopped I lemon... lemon peel f Collect all your ingredients together. 9... Candied 3 oz. ... orange 10... Candied do. lemon II... Grated nut- ^ nutmeg meg 12... Brandy I wine- glass 13... ... ... ... ... Work the butter to a cream. 14... ... ... ... Beat in your sugar. I5-" . f . ... ... ... Whisk your eggs J hour, then add them to your butter and cream. 16... ... ... ... ... Add your flour and spices. 17... Beat all together ij hours. Mix in your brandy and peel and put your cake into a buttered tin. 19... . • * ... Bake 2J hours. 5.-PLAIN PLUM CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 1.. . 2.. . Butter Flour 8 oz. 2 lbs. 1 Mix together. 3-" Yeast 3 table spoonsful Add, and let it rise i-i hours. 4... Yolks of eggs 4 1 Beat separately and stir into the 5'" Whites of eggs 4 j dough. 0... Sug.nr I lb. ... Stir in. 7... Milk ... Add e tough to make it a proper thickness. x 338 MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. PLAIN PLUM CAKE— {cottiinucd). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 8... Sherry or Marsala I wine glass g... lO... Ginger Grated lemon peel I teaspoon I lemon... Udd. II... Currants or a few carraways I lb. ... Add last, put into a buttered tin and bake. 6.-ICING FOR CAKES (1). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Sugar I Ib. Let it be the best loaf sugar pounded and sifted fine. 2... Whites of eggs 4 Mix with the sugar and whisk for 2 or 3 hours till it looks white and thick, then brush it all over the top and sides of your cake. 3- Set it at a distance before a clear fire, and keep turning it continu- ally that it may not turn colour, but a cool oven is best, where i hour will harden it. 7.-ICING FOR CAKES (2). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Whites of eggs 3 Beat to a froth. 2... Jordan almonds I lb. ... Pound very fine and mix very lightly with the eggs. 3-" Loaf sugar ... I lb. ... Sift very fine and add it by degrees. 4... Lay it on your cake and proceed as in preceding receipt. CAKES AND BISCUITS. 339 8.-RICE CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Ground rice ... i lb. ... ] 2... Flour do. ^ Mix together. 3”' Sifted sugar ... J lb. ... i 4... Whites of eggs 4 Beat and add. S--