Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery

3. Roll out on a board and cut into rounds. 4. Brush over with a little of the white and dust with sugar. 5. Bake in a moderate oven. 6. Keep in tin boxes. DELICIOUS CAKE Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Half a pound of Butter Six ounces of Sugar Two ounces of Candied Peel Quarter of a pound of Almonds One teaspoonful of Mixed Spice Grated rind of an Orange and Lemon Four Eggs 1. Beat the butter to a cream, add the yolks of the eggs and the sugar ; and beat well. 2 . Stir in the flour, chopped candied peel, blanched and pounded almonds. 3. Grate the orange and lemon rind, add these with the spice to the other ingredients. Beat in each ingredient well before adding the next. 4. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth and add to the mixture. 5. Pour into a cake tin lined with four folds of greased paper and bake in a hot oven. DERBY CAKES Ingredients : One pound of Flour Half a pound of Butter Half a pound of Castor Sugar Half a pound of Currants One Egg Half a pint of Sour Milk. 1. Rub the butter into the flour. 2. Add the sugar, currants and the well-beaten egg. 3. Mix into a paste with the sour milk. 4. Roll out on a board. Cut into rounds and place on a baking-tin.. 5. Bake in a moderate oven for ten minutes. FIVE MINUTES’ CAKE Ingredients ; The weight of two eggs in Flour and Castor Sugar One large teaspoonful of Baking Powder Essence. 1. Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs, put the yolks into a mixing-bowl and the whites on to a plate and beat throughout. 2. Add the whites, which must be quite stiff, to the yolks, stirring with a metal spoon. 3. Stir the sugar and flour gradually into the eggs. 4. Lastly add the baking powder and essence. 5. Grease two Victoria sandwich tins. Put half the mixture into each and make the top smooth with a knife. 6. Bake in a very hot oven for five minutes. 7. When cool spread jam in between and dust with sugar. GENOA CAKE Ingredients : The weight of five Eggs in : Sugar Flour Butter Quarter of a pound of Candied Peel Quarter of a pound of Sultanas One ounce of Candied Cherries Two ounces of Almonds One teaspoonful of grated Lemon or Orange Rind. 1. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. 2. Add the flour and eggs gradually, and a pinch of salt. 3. Add the chopped candied peel, the blanched and split almonds and the other dry ingredients to the mixture. 4. Pour into a tin lined with greased paper ; place a paper on the top. 5. Bake in a hot oven and reduce the heat gradually. GINGERBREAD CAKE Ingredients : One and a half pounds of Flour One pound of Golden Syrup Half a pound of Lard Half a pound of Sugar Two tablespoonfuls of Ground Ginger Three Eggs Two tablespoonfuls of Milk One small teaspoonful of Carbonate of Soda Two ounces of Chopped Candied Peel. 1. Put the lard, sugar and syrup into a stewpan and melt them gradually. 2. Rub the ginger and flour through a sieve into a large basin. 3. Pour the lard, sugar and syrup into the centre of the flour and stir round with a wooden spoon. 4. Dissolve the carbonate of soda in the milk and stir into the mixture with the well-beaten eggs. 5. Beat from ten to fifteen minutes. Add the candied peel and if liked a few almonds, blanched and split. 6. Grease a dripping-tin very well. Pour in the mixture and