A Good Plain Cake.
iSozs. Flour.
Pinch of Salt.
6ozs. Sugar.
40ZS. Currants,
qozs. Raisins.
Little Peel.
Some warm Milk.
4 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder✪ A Good Plain Cake.
Mix all together and put at once into moderate oven,
and bake from two to three hours.
• Miss M. V. Palmer.
Guest Cake.
ilb. of Flour.
7ozs. of Dripping, or Butter.
Jib. of brown Sugar.
A little Spice and Peel.
120ZS. of Sultanas,
spt. of Milk.
1 teaspoon ful of Carbonate of Soda.
3 teaspoonfuls of Vinegar✪ Guest Cake.
Mix all the dry ingredients, and while it is fizzing
pour into centre of mixture; stir well with a fork,
and put into moderate oven. Bake for two hours
without opening the oven door. This cake improves
with keeping. Mrs. McClintock.
191
7.V ATD OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Hermils.
s teacupful of Butter.
'i teacupful of Sugar.
5 teacupful Raisins and Currants, chopped together.
2 teaspoonful Baking Soda dissolved in hot water.
2 teacupful of Milk, flavoured to taste.
Mix; soft drops from a spoon on to greased tins, or
bake in one cake.
Little Santon Cake.
ilb. Flour.
^lb. Raisins, stoned.
6ozs. Dripping or Butter.
6ozs. Sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls Vinegar.
20zs. mixed Peel.
2 teaspoonfuls Soda (dissolved in not quite Apt. ot
Milk)✪ Little Santon Cake.
Do not put the vinegar in the milk and soda or you
will spoil the cake.
Mrs. M. Bennett.
Lunch Loaf.
i lb. Flour.
jib. Butter or Fat.
£lb. Raisins.
6ozs. Sugar.
Spice or Lemon Peel.
i teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda dissolved in Milk.
Mix and add more milk if required. Bake care-
fully.
Mrs. H. P. Cox.
Norwich Cake.
( Without Eggs.)
i lb. Flour.
ilb. of Currants or Sultanas.
Mb. each of Butter and brown Sugar.
|lb. of Candied Peel, cut in shreds.
Ijoz. of mixed Spice,
i dessert-spoonful of Baking Powder.
Sufficient Milk to make a stiff batter (about fpt.).✪ Norwich Cake (Without Eggs)
Warm the flour slightly, then rub in the butter with
the fingers; after this add the dry ingredients, then
the milk. Bake three hours. Miss Bailey.
192
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON.
Northern Cake.
lib. Flour.
^lb. Sultanas.
41b. Demerara Sugar.
1 teaspoonful Spice.
1 tablesponful Baking Powder.
Rb. Butter or Lard,
jib. mixed Peel.
1 gill Milk.
ioz. chopped Almonds.
M✪ Northern Cakeix all the ingredients well together, and bake in
a slow oven for two hours. It is better when kept.
Mrs. H. P. Cox.
Orange Cake (1).
Sozs. Flour.
40ZS. Butter.
6ozs. Caster Sugar.
3 Eggs.
Grated rind of i Oranges, and juice of i.✪ Orange Cake (1)
Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and
orange rind ; mix well ; beat the eggs, add to the
dry ingredients and mix thoroughly; bake in a lined
cake tin about forty-five minutes.
Mrs. Tunnaru.
Orange Cake (2).
The weight of two good-sized eggs in butter, sugar
and flour. Rub butter and sugar together till like
a cream; beat the eggs well with a tablespoonful of
milk; add these to the other two ingredients; add
the grated rind of an orange, and half the juice, then
the flour and a teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake
in a quick oven half an hour. Icing for it may be
made by squeezing the juice of the oranges and
mixing in sufficient icing sugar to make it the con-
sistency of double cream.
193
H
IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Orang*e Cake (3).
i Egg.
Its weight in Flour, Sugar and Butter,
i teaspoonful Baking Powder.
The grated rind of i Orange.
Mix and bake in a lined flat tin for to or 15
minutes.
Icing1 for Cake.
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A Good Plain Cake.
iSozs. Flour.
Pinch of Salt.
6ozs. Sugar.
40ZS. Currants,
qozs. Raisins.
Little Peel.
Some warm Milk.
4 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder.
Mix all together and put at once into moderate oven,
and bake from two to three hours.
• Miss M. V. Palmer.
Guest Cake.
ilb. of Flour.
7ozs. of Dripping, or Butter.
Jib. of brown Sugar.
A little Spice and Peel.
120ZS. of Sultanas,
spt. of Milk.
1 teaspoon ful of Carbonate of Soda.
3 teaspoonfuls of Vinegar.
Mix all the dry ingredients, and while it is fizzing
pour into centre of mixture; stir well with a fork,
and put into moderate oven. Bake for two hours
without opening the oven door. This cake improves
with keeping. Mrs. McClintock.
191
7.V ATD OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Hermils.
s teacupful of Butter.
'i teacupful of Sugar.
5 teacupful Raisins and Currants, chopped together.
2 teaspoonful Baking Soda dissolved in hot water.
2 teacupful of Milk, flavoured to taste.
Mix; soft drops from a spoon on to greased tins, or
bake in one cake.
Little Santon Cake.
ilb. Flour.
^lb. Raisins, stoned.
6ozs. Dripping or Butter.
6ozs. Sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls Vinegar.
20zs. mixed Peel.
2 teaspoonfuls Soda (dissolved in not quite Apt. ot
Milk).
Do not put the vinegar in the milk and soda or you
will spoil the cake.
Mrs. M. Bennett.
Lunch Loaf.
i lb. Flour.
jib. Butter or Fat.
£lb. Raisins.
6ozs. Sugar.
Spice or Lemon Peel.
i teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda dissolved in Milk.
Mix and add more milk if required. Bake care-
fully.
Mrs. H. P. Cox.
Norwich Cake.
( Without Eggs.)
i lb. Flour.
ilb. of Currants or Sultanas.
Mb. each of Butter and brown Sugar.
|lb. of Candied Peel, cut in shreds.
Ijoz. of mixed Spice,
i dessert-spoonful of Baking Powder.
Sufficient Milk to make a stiff batter (about fpt.).
Warm the flour slightly, then rub in the butter with
the fingers; after this add the dry ingredients, then
the milk. Bake three hours. Miss Bailey.
192
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON.
Northern Cake.
lib. Flour.
^lb. Sultanas.
41b. Demerara Sugar.
1 teaspoonful Spice.
1 tablesponful Baking Powder.
Rb. Butter or Lard,
jib. mixed Peel.
1 gill Milk.
ioz. chopped Almonds.
Mix all the ingredients well together, and bake in
a slow oven for two hours. It is better when kept.
Mrs. H. P. Cox.
Orange Cake (1).
Sozs. Flour.
40ZS. Butter.
6ozs. Caster Sugar.
3 Eggs.
Grated rind of i Oranges, and juice of i.
Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and
orange rind ; mix well ; beat the eggs, add to the
dry ingredients and mix thoroughly; bake in a lined
cake tin about forty-five minutes.
Mrs. Tunnaru.
Orange Cake (2).
The weight of two good-sized eggs in butter, sugar
and flour. Rub butter and sugar together till like
a cream; beat the eggs well with a tablespoonful of
milk; add these to the other two ingredients; add
the grated rind of an orange, and half the juice, then
the flour and a teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake
in a quick oven half an hour. Icing for it may be
made by squeezing the juice of the oranges and
mixing in sufficient icing sugar to make it the con-
sistency of double cream.
193
H
IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Orang*e Cake (3).
i Egg.
Its weight in Flour, Sugar and Butter,
i teaspoonful Baking Powder.
The grated rind of i Orange.
Mix and bake in a lined flat tin for to or 15
minutes.
Icing1 for Cake.