One dessertspoonful carraway
seeds.
One teaspoonful of baking-
powder.
A little milk✪ Carraway Seed Cake.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
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PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES.
Rice Cake*
Six ounces rice flour. One teaspoonful of baking-
Three ounces flour. powder.
Four ounces butter. Two eggs.
Four ounces sugar. Lemon essence.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Half a pound flour.
Four ounces sugar.
One teaspoonful of baking
powder.
Spice Cake.
Three ounces butter.
One and a half teaspoonfuls
of cloves, cinnamon, and
nutmeg.
Two eggs.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Cocoanut Cake.
Six ounces flour.
Three ounces butter.
Four ounces castor sugar.
Three ounces cocoanut.
Two small eggs.
Small teaspoonful of baking-
powder.
A little milk✪ Cocoanut Cake.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Cornflour Cake.
Six ounces cornflour.
Six ounces butter.
Six ounces castor sugar.
Three eggs.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Two ounces flour.
One teaspoonful of baking-
powder.
A little vanilla essence✪ Cornflour Cake.
BREAD, CAKES, BISCUITS.
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Chocolate Cake*
Four ounces flour.
Three ounces grated chocolate.
Three ounces sugar.
Three ounces butter✪ Chocolate Cake.
One teaspoonful of baking-
powder.
Three small eggs.
Vanilla essence.
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and
flour by degrees ; mix well ; add the chocolate ; then the
baking-powder in the last tablespoonful of flour, and the
vanilla essence. Pour the mixture into a greased and pre-
pared tin ; bake in a moderate oven for about forty minutes.
Soda Cake.
One pound flour.
Six ounces butter.
Eight ounces sugar.
Eight ounces sultanas.
Two eggs.
Air
Half an ounce ground ginger.
Half an ounce ground cinna-
mon.
One teaspoonful bicarbonate
of soda.
: milk✪ Soda Cake.
Sieve the flour; rub in the butter, and mix all the dry
ingredients together. Beat the eggs, and pour them into the
middle of the dry ingredients. Dissolve the soda with a
little milk, pour it into the eggs, and beat all together. Turn
the mixture into a prepared tin, and bake in a steady oven
for about one and a half hours.
Buttermilk Cake.
Three-quarters of a pound
flour.
Quarter of a pound butter.
Quarter of a pound sugar.
Three ounces raisins.
Three ounces currants.
Pinch of spice.
Three-quarters of a teaspoon-
ful bicarbonate of soda.
Three-quarters of a teaspoon-
ful cream of tartar.
About three gills buttermilk✪ Buttermilk Cake.
Prepare and bake as for Soda Cake.
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PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES.
One pound flour.
Four ounces butter.
Five ounces syrup.
Five ounces treacle.
Two ounces sultanas.
One gill milk.
Gingerbread*
Two and a half ounces castor
sugar.
One dessertspoonful ground
ginger.
Half a teaspoonful baking-
soda.
Two eggs.
Sieve the flour; add the ginger and sultanas. Put the
syrup, treacle, sugar, and butter into a pan, and melt them
over the fire, and add to the flour. Heat the milk, and add
the baking-soda to it. Stir this into the mixture and beat
very thoroughly. Pour into a prepared tin, and bake in a
moderate oven for two hours or longer.
Sponge Cake*
Four eggs. Three and a half ounces flour,
Four ounces castor sugar. dried and sieved.
✪ Lemon Jumbles
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One dessertspoonful carraway seeds.
One teaspoonful of bakingpowder.
A little milk.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.
Rice Cake.
Six ounces rice flour. One teaspoonful of baking-
Three ounces flour. powder.
Four ounces butter. Two eggs.
Four ounces sugar. Lemon essence.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Half a pound flour.
Four ounces sugar.
One teaspoonful of baking powder.
Spice Cake.
Three ounces butter.
One and a half teaspoonfuls of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Two eggs.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Cocoanut Cake.
Six ounces flour.
Three ounces butter.
Four ounces castor sugar. Three ounces cocoanut.
Two small eggs.
Small teaspoonful of bakingpowder.
A little milk.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Cornflour Cake.
Six ounces cornflour.
Six ounces butter.
Six ounces castor sugar.
Three eggs.
Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125).
Two ounces flour.
One teaspoonful of bakingpowder.
A little vanilla essence.
Chocolate Cake.
Four ounces flour.
Three ounces grated chocolate. Three ounces sugar.
Three ounces butter.
One teaspoonful of bakingpowder.
Three small eggs.
Vanilla essence.
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and flour by degrees ; mix well ; add the chocolate ; then the baking-powder in the last tablespoonful of flour, and the vanilla essence. Pour the mixture into a greased and prepared tin ; bake in a moderate oven for about forty minutes.
Soda Cake.
One pound flour.
Six ounces butter.
Eight ounces sugar.
Eight ounces sultanas.
Two eggs.
Air
Half an ounce ground ginger. Half an ounce ground cinnamon.
One teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda.
: milk.
Sieve the flour; rub in the butter, and mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs, and pour them into the middle of the dry ingredients. Dissolve the soda with a little milk, pour it into the eggs, and beat all together. Turn the mixture into a prepared tin, and bake in a steady oven for about one and a half hours.
Buttermilk Cake.
Three-quarters of a pound flour.
Quarter of a pound butter. Quarter of a pound sugar. Three ounces raisins.
Three ounces currants.
Pinch of spice.
Three-quarters of a teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda. Three-quarters of a teaspoonful cream of tartar.
About three gills buttermilk.
Prepare and bake as for Soda Cake.
One pound flour. Four ounces butter. Five ounces syrup. Five ounces treacle. Two ounces sultanas. One gill milk.
Gingerbread.
Two and a half ounces castor sugar.
One dessertspoonful ground ginger.
Half a teaspoonful bakingsoda.
Two eggs.
Sieve the flour; add the ginger and sultanas. Put the syrup, treacle, sugar, and butter into a pan, and melt them over the fire, and add to the flour. Heat the milk, and add the baking-soda to it. Stir this into the mixture and beat very thoroughly. Pour into a prepared tin, and bake in a moderate oven for two hours or longer.
Sponge Cake.
Four eggs. Three and a half ounces flour,
Four ounces castor sugar. dried and sieved.
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