Domestic and economical cookery recipes

METHOD. Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and beat in the eggs. Mix in all the other ingredients and the essence. Bake in small greased tins about 15 minutes, in a moderate oven. No. 456. GOOD SIMNEL CAKE. INGREDIENTS. 4 lb. sultanas 6 ozs. castor sugar 1 lb. currants 4 nutmeg 1 teaspoonful spiced cinnamon 4 lb. flour 4 lb. candied peel 4 pint milk, lukewarm 4 oz. yeast 4 eggs, yolks 4 lb. butter METHOD. Rub the butter into the flour, add all the dry ingredients, mix well together. Cream the yeast, add to it the milk and yolks, make a well in the centre of the cake, and pour in the milk, etc,, mix into a soft paste, set to rise in a warm place for two hours. Line a good sized round tin with thick paper, pour in half of the cake mixture, place a layer of almond paste in the centre, pour in remainder of cake mixture, bake two hours in a moderate oven. No. 457. ALMOND PASTE FOR SIMNEL CAKE. INGREDIENTS. 4 lb. ground almonds | 2 eggs, yolks and whites - J- cast°r sugar j Flavouring essence METHOD. Put the sugar and almonds into a basin, add the essence, mix well, then make into a stiff paste with the yolks and white of one egg. 190 No. 458. VICTORIA SANDWICH. INGREDIENTS. 3 oz. castor sugar j 2 ozs. ground rice 3 eggs ! 3 ozs. jam 2 ozs. flour METHOD. Beat the eggs and sugar until thick, add the flour and ground rice, mix thoroughly ; pour into two tins of the same size, which have been lined with greased with paper. Bake seven to ten minutes ; turn out on to a piece of paper sprinkled with castor sugar ; when cold, spread the jam on one piece and lay the other on the top. No. 459. WEDDING CAKE. INGREDIENTS. 1 A lbs. castor sugar 1 oz . spice (mixed) i nutmeg (grated) 4 pint brandy i pint sherry j Rind of 3 lemons Salt METHOD. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar, eggs, and flour, mix well ; add all the other ingredients, the currants being cleaned, and the peel cut into small pieces, and the almonds blanched and finely chopped. Beat all together for one hour. Line a large cake-tin with double paper, well greased, pour in the mixture, which should not fill the tin, and bake in a moderate oven five or six hours. 3 lbs. flour 3 lbs. butter lbs. mixed peel 3 lbs. currants 1 lb. sweet almonds 1 <i eggs No. 460. SEED CAKE (Rich). INGREDIENTS. £ lb. butter 1 lb. flour 4 eggs 4 lb. candied peel 4 lb. sugar 4 pint cream 1 4 ozs. carraway seeds METHOD. Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar, carraway 191 seeds, and the peel cut in slices, mix all together. Beat the eggs, add to them the cream, pour to the dry ingredients, and mix very thoroughly. Pour into a lined tin and bake one and a half hours in a moderate oven. | lb. flour 4 lb. lard 4 lb. sugar No. 461. SEED CAKE (Plain). INGREDIENTS. 1 teaspoonful carraway seeds 2 eggs ^ pint of milk METHOD. Make as for the previous cake. Bake about one hour. 6 large eggs 6 ozs. flour No. 462. SPONGE CAKE. INGREDIENTS. 10 ozs. castor sugar | 1 rind of lemon METHOD. Put the yolks of the eggs and sugar into a basin and beat until thick, whip the whites to a stiff froth and stir in very lightly with the flour and flavouring. Grease a cake-tin well, and dust it with equal quantities of castor sugar and flour ; the tin should be filled about two-thirds full, and baked in a moderate oven one hour. No. 463. MADEIRA CAKE.