i lb. flour.
6 ozs. butter.
6 ozs. sugar.
6 ozs. currants.
3 ozs. orange peel.
£ lb. syrup.
1 teaspoonful soda.
2 teaspoontuls ginger.
2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon.
£ teacupful milk.
3 eggs✪ Good Gingerbread.
Wash,’ dry, and pick the currants. Chop the peel. Melt the
syrup and butter together. Mix all the dry things. Stir in the
fruit, then the syrup, milk, and last of all the eggs well beaten
up. Bake carefully in a steady oven.
Mrs. Stratton, Elmwood, Motherwell.
A GOOD LUNCHEON CAKE.
14 ozs. butter. I 1 lb. flour.
14 ozs. sugar. | 1 lb. Sultana raisins.
8 eggs✪ A Good Luncheon Cake.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, then add eggs, and when well
beaten add flour and raisins. Bake in a flat square tin. This
mixture will make about four lbs. of cake.
Miss Roberts, Ruthin, N. Wales.
LUNCHEON CAKE.
2 lbs. flour.
£ lb. butter.
| lbs. of moist sugar (Barbadoes).
£ lb. raisins.
2 tablespoonfuls of Boniviete’s
baking powder.
3 eggs- .
Some milk and a little treacle✪ Luncheon Cake,
Rub butter into flour and mix in the other dry ingredients,
whisk the eggs, and add with sufficient milk to moisten the
mixture, which must not be too stiff. When treacle is added
mix it with a little of the milk.
Rady Lamington, Lamington House.
159
PLAIN LUNCH CAKE.
i lb. flour.
J lb. butter,
i lb. moist sugar,
i teaspoonful soda.
i lb. Sultana raisins.
* lb. candied peel or currants.
1 e?g-
£ pint sweet milk✪ Plain Lunch Cake.
Rub butter among flour. Add other ingredients, and mix well.
Pour into a prepared cake tin and bake at once.
Miss Barnett, Crosshill.
LUNCH CAKE.
i lb. flour, dried and sifted.
I lb. butter.
\ lb. sugar,
s lb. raisins.
\ lb. currants.
4 eggs.
2 ozs. each of lemon, citron, and
orange peel.
A little allspice, cinnamon, and
nutmeg.
£ teacupful milk,
i teaspoonful soda.
Rub butter and flour into crumbs, add sugar, fruit, and seasoning,
then milk and eggs well whisked. Fire in a moderate oven.
Time, 2 to 2J hours.
L. A.
MARBLE CAKE.
6 ozs. sugar
\ lb. butter
^ lb. flour
Whites of 4 eggs
Light Part.
1 teaspoonful baking powder
6 drops essence of lemon
Pinch of salt
About 1 gill buttermilk
Cream butter and sugar, add half of flour and salt, stir in whites
of eggs well beaten, then the rest of the flour, powder, and
lemon. Mix with the milk.
Dark Part.
4 ozs. dark sugar
2 ozs. butter
6 ozs. flour
2 ozs. grated chocolate
Yolks of 4 eggs
1 teaspoonful vanilla
1 teaspoonful baking powder
About 1 gill buttermilk
Beat butter, sugar, and eggs till light, add flour and milk
gradually ; beat till smooth, add chocolate, vanilla essence, and
powder. Butter and paper a cake tin, put in alternate layers of
white and brown mixture till all is used up, and bake in a
moderate oven.
C. S.
THE “MAIN”
GAS COOKER
( Beautifully Enamelled).
ON HIRE AT ALL THE GAS OFFICES.
R. & A. MAIN. Ltd.,
City (26 WEST NILE STREET,
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161
MARYS CAKE.
i lb. butter
| lb. sugar
i lb. flour
£ lb. currants
i teaspoonful baking powder
Cinnamon to taste
x glass of spirits✪ Mary's Cake
Work the butter to a cream with the sugar, add the eggs (two
at a time), the flour, and other ingredients. Mix wrell and bake
for hours.
Mrs. Aitken, 25 Belmont St., Glasgow, W.
ORANGE CAKE.
4 ozs. flour 1 2 eggs
4 ozs. sugar \ teaspoonful of baking powder
3 ozs. butter I Grated rind of an orange✪ Orange Cake
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i lb. flour.
6 ozs. butter.
6 ozs. sugar.
6 ozs. currants.
3 ozs. orange peel.
£ lb. syrup.
1 teaspoonful soda.
2 teaspoontuls ginger.
2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon. £ teacupful milk.
3 eggs.
Wash, dry, and pick the currants. Chop the peel. Melt the syrup and butter together. Mix all the dry things. Stir in the fruit, then the syrup, milk, and last of all the eggs well beaten up. Bake carefully in a steady oven.
Mrs. Stratton, Elmwood, Motherwell.
A GOOD LUNCHEON CAKE.
14 ozs. butter. I 1 lb. flour.
14 ozs. sugar. | 1 lb. Sultana raisins.
8 eggs.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, then add eggs, and when well beaten add flour and raisins. Bake in a flat square tin. This mixture will make about four lbs. of cake.
Miss Roberts, Ruthin, N. Wales.
LUNCHEON CAKE.
2 lbs. flour.
£ lb. butter.
| lbs. of moist sugar (Barbadoes). £ lb. raisins.
2 tablespoonfuls of Boniviete’s
baking powder.
3 eggs.
Some milk and a little treacle,
Rub butter into flour and mix in the other dry ingredients, whisk the eggs, and add with sufficient milk to moisten the mixture, which must not be too stiff. When treacle is added mix it with a little of the milk.
Rady Lamington, Lamington House.
PLAIN LUNCH CAKE.
i lb. flour.
J lb. butter, i lb. moist sugar, i teaspoonful soda.
i lb. Sultana raisins.
* lb. candied peel or currants.
1 egg.
£ pint sweet milk.
Rub butter among flour. Add other ingredients, and mix well. Pour into a prepared cake tin and bake at once.
Miss Barnett, Crosshill.
LUNCH CAKE.
i lb. flour, dried and sifted. I lb. butter.
\ lb. sugar, s lb. raisins.
\ lb. currants.
4 eggs.
2 ozs. each of lemon, citron, and orange peel.
A little allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
£ teacupful milk, i teaspoonful soda.
Rub butter and flour into crumbs, add sugar, fruit, and seasoning, then milk and eggs well whisked. Fire in a moderate oven. Time, 2 to 2J hours.
L. A.
MARBLE CAKE.
6 ozs. sugar, ½ lb. butter, ½ lb. flour, Whites of 4 eggs
Light Part.
1 teaspoonful baking powder 6 drops essence of lemon Pinch of salt About 1 gill buttermilk
Cream butter and sugar, add half of flour and salt, stir in whites of eggs well beaten, then the rest of the flour, powder, and lemon. Mix with the milk.
Dark Part.
4 ozs. dark sugar 2 ozs. butter 6 ozs. flour
2 ozs. grated chocolate
Yolks of 4 eggs 1 teaspoonful vanilla 1 teaspoonful baking powder About 1 gill buttermilk
Beat butter, sugar, and eggs till light, add flour and milk gradually ; beat till smooth, add chocolate, vanilla essence, and powder. Butter and paper a cake tin, put in alternate layers of white and brown mixture till all is used up, and bake in a moderate oven.
C. S.
THE “MAIN”
GAS COOKER
( Beautifully Enamelled).
ON HIRE AT ALL THE GAS OFFICES.
R. & A. MAIN. Ltd.,
City (26 WEST NILE STREET,
Show Rooms G-Xj^SGtO'W-
MARYS CAKE.
i lb. butter | lb. sugar i lb. flour £ lb. currants
i teaspoonful baking powder Cinnamon to taste x glass of spirits
Work the butter to a cream with the sugar, add the eggs (two at a time), the flour, and other ingredients. Mix wrell and bake for hours.
Mrs. Aitken, 25 Belmont St., Glasgow, W.
ORANGE CAKE.
4 ozs. flour 1 2 eggs
4 ozs. sugar \ teaspoonful of baking powder
3 ozs. butter I Grated rind of an orange
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