Berridge House recipe book

i egg (well beaten), a few drops essence of 1 teaspoonful of baking lemon, powder. Method. — Grease eight deep patty tins. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the sifted flour, cornflour and egg alternately. Add essence and baking powder. Half-fill tins and bake about ten or fifteen minutes in a fairly quick oven. Jam Sandwich 2 eggs, | teaspoonful of baking 3 oz. flour, powder, 3 oz. sugar, lemon essence or rind, i \ oz. butter (melted), Method. — Beat eggs and sugar over hot water for about fifteen minutes. Have flour and baking powder sifted. Fold in melted butter, flour and baking powder, also flavouring. Pour into a prepared sandwich tin and bake about twenty minutes. When cold, cut in two, spread with jam, and dust with icing sugar. Mocha Cake 3 eggs, i teaspoonful of coffee 3! oz. sugar, essence. 3! oz. flour, Whisk eggs and sugar till thick and creamy. Fold in the flour, then essence. Pour into a prepared tin and bake about three-quarters of an hour. When cold, ice and decorate. Coffee Icing and Pink Icing 3 oz. fresh butter, 3 oz. icing sugar. Cream together. Divide in two parts. Colour one pink and flavour with rose or vanilla. Add coffee essence to flavour the other part. The cake may be split into three and have a layer of pink and a layer of coffee icing between the slices. Then decorate either by piping all over with rosettes in sections of coffee and pink, or by coating the sides with icing and baked almonds and piping the top only. LESSON XXIX Pound Cake \ lb. flour, 4 eggs, ^ lb. butter, \ lb. currants, h lb. sugar, \ lb. sultanas. Method. — Cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and flour alternately. Beat thoroughly. Add currants and sultanas. Bake in a tin lined with cartridge paper for about two hours. Rice Cake | lb. sugar, 6 oz. butter, \ lb. rice flour, 4 eggs, 2 oz. flour, almond essence. 2 oz. ground rice, Method. — Make as above. The following may be added if liked : | lb. sultanas, 1 oz. ground almonds. £ lb. peel, io8 Fruit Cake i lb. flour, | lb. butter, lb. sugar, 4 eggs, about | teacupful of milk, lb. sultanas, \ lb. currants, l lb. peel (chopped), essence of lemon, pinch of salt, i teaspoonful of baking powder. Method. — Rub butter into the flour. Add all the dry ingredients (except the baking powder) . Beat up eggs. Add them with enough milk to allow mixture to be thoroughly beaten. Add baking powder. Mix well. Bake from three to four hours. Chocolate Cake 6 oz. flour, 6 oz. sugar, 6 oz. chocolate powder, 6 oz. butter, | teaspoonful of baking 4 eggs, powder, vanilla. Method. — Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and flour and chocolate powder alternately. Lastly, vanilla and baking powder. Place into a prepared tin and bake. Chocolate Icing \ lb. sieved icing sugar, about 2 tablespoonsful 3 oz. chocolate powder, of water. vanilla, Method. — Dissolve chocolate in water. Add sugar and vanilla. When just the right consistency, pour over the cake. N.B. — Icing must not be made more than lukewarm after sugar is added. LESSON XXX Curried Veal 1 lb. fillet of veal 1 onion (chopped), 1 apple (chopped), 2 oz. blitter, salt, 1 tablespoonful of cream. 1 1 gill stock, 1 oz. flour, 1 dessertspoonful of curry powder, 1 teaspoonful of curry paste, lemon juice.