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

bake in a very slow oven about one and a half hours. LEMON BISCUITS Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Half a pound of Castor Sugar Grated rind of a Lemon Three ounces of Butter Three ounces of Currants Three Eggs. 1. Mix the flour, sugar and grated lemon rind. 2. Dissolve the butter and stir in the flour. 3. Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs and beat separately. 4. Stir the yolks of the eggs into the mixture, add the currants and lastly the whites of the eggs. 5. Drop the biscuits on to wafer paper, and bake from fifteen to twenty minutes. LIGHT CAKE Ingredients : The weight of three eggs in : Castor Sugar, and in Flour Two and a half ounces of Butter One teaspoonful of Baking Powder Three tablespoonfuls of Milk Half a teaspoonful of Essence (lemon or vanilla). 1. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream and add one egg well beaten. 2. Stir in about one third of the flour and then add another egg ; repeat this and then add the milk. 3. Beat the cake well for at least five minutes, then add the baking powder and essence. 4. Line a baking tin (the edges of which should be about two inches deep) with greased paper. Cut the corners of the paper so that it fits the tin. 5. Pour in the mixture and smooth over with a knife. 6. Bake in a good oven about fifteen minutes. Turn out on to a sugared board and then turn right side uppermost to cool. 7. Trim the edges and cut the cake into halves. Spread one half with jam, lemon curd or icing sugar and place a few walnuts or almonds on the latter. Cover with the other half of the cake, dust over with sugar or ice the cake. LONDON BISCUITS Ingredients : One and a half pounds of Flour Half a pound of Butter Three quarters of a pound of Sugar Two Eggs Two teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder Two ounces of Currants Two ounces of Candied Peel. One teaspoonful of Carraway Seeds Milk. 1. Rub the butter into the flour 2. Add the sugar, baking powder, cleaned currants, carraway seeds and finely chopped candied peel. 3. Mix to a stiff paste with the well-beaten eggs and a little milk. 4. Roll out on a floured board, cut into shapes and bake in a quick oven. 5. When cold store in a tin. MACAROONS Ingredients : Quarter of a pound of finely Sifted Sugar Whites of Four Eggs Four ounces of Jordan Almonds One tablespoonful of Rose Water Wafer Paper. 1. Blanch and then pound the almonds in a mortar with the rose water. 2. Whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and stir in the sugar. 3. Add gradually the almond paste, and beat well until thoroughly mixed. 4. Drop the mixture in small rounds on to a wafer paper. 5. Bake in a moderate oven for about twenty minutes, PLAIN MADEIRA CAKE * Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Quarter of a pound of Butter Quarter of a pound of Castor Sugar Two Eggs Candied Peel One teaspoonful of Baking Powder. 1. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. 2. Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs and beat separately. 3. Add the yolks of the eggs and sifted flour alternately. Beat well. 4. Stir in the baking powder, and the whites of the eggs lightly. 5. Pour the mixture into a cake tin lined with greased paper and place a piece of candied peel on the top. 6. Bake in a moderate oven for one and a quarter hours. MADEIRA CAKE