Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat eggs with tablespoonful
of milk ; sift flour through hair sieve * add flour slowly to butter and
sugar ; mix lightly but well ; when rather stiff add milk and eggs
gradually ; add grated rinds of oranges (which should be well washed
and dried) ; add baking powder ; pour mixture into buttered tin, and
bake in good oven for thirty minutes. When baked, turn upside down
on sieve and spread icing (see below) evenly.
For Icing.— Squeeze and strain juice of oranges ; pass icing sugar
through wire sieve ; add to juice sufficient sugar to give consistency
of double cream ; spread with knife dipped in boiling water.
Ingredients.
189
GINGER CAKE.
i Lb. Flour.
4 Ozs. Brown Sugar.
1 Teaspoonful Cinnamon.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder.
4 Ozs. Butter.
4 Ozs. Syrup.
2 Teaspoonfuls Ground
Ginger.
2 Eggs.
A Little Milk.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix syrup and spices, and
warm ; mix flour and baking powder ; thoroughly mix all these ; beat
eggs and add, with sufficient milk to bring to right consistency ; pour
into cake tin lined with buttered paper ; bake in slow oven for about
two hours.
PRESERVED
ingredients.
1 Lb. Flour.✪ Walnut Cake
4 Ozs. Butter.
2 Ozs. Preserved Ginger.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder.
A Little Milk
IQO
GINGER CAKE.
3 Ozs. Syrup.
2 Ozs. Sugar,
i Teaspoonful Ground
Ginger.
1 Egg.
(if needed).
Method. (
Melt butter,, syrup and sugar together ; cut preserved ginger into
small pieces ; mix flour, baking powder and ground ginger ; beat egg ;
mix all together,, and add a little milk to bring to right consistency ;
put in cake tin lined with buttered paper ; bake in moderate oven for
about o m hour.
PLUM CAKE.
Ingredients.
1 1 Lb. Flour.
| Lb. Demerara Sugar,
i Lb. Sultanas.
4 Eggs-
A Little Milk.
A Pinch Salt.
Method.
Cream the butter with the hand ; add sugar and eggs, one by one,
and beat well ; mix baking powder, flour and a pinch of salt ; add
fruit and flour by degrees to butter and egg mixture ; add enough milk
to bring to. right consistency ; place in cake tin lined with buttered
paper ; bake in moderate oven for two hours.
i Lb. Butter.
1 Lb. Currants.
3 Ozs. Mixed Peel
A Few Glace Cherries.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder,
ig2
SULTANA CAKE.
Ingredients.
J Lb. Fresh Butter.
| Lb. Flour.
| Lb. Sultanas.
J Lb. Castor Sugar.
i Teaspoonful Baking
Powder.
| Lb. Bice Flour.
3 Eggs.
A Little Milk.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix baking powder with flour,
and add gradually ; add fruit ; mix well ; beat eggs thoroughly, and
add with milk ; beat mixture five minutes ; put in cake tin lined with
irreased paper ; bake in moderate oven for two hours.
193
CHERRY CAKE.
Ingredients.
io Ozs. Flour.
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
3 Eggs.
i Teaspoonful Baking
Powder.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat eggs ; add eggs alter¬
nately with flour and milk ; beat mixture thoroughly ; add fruit,
lemon rind and baking powder ; pour into tin lined with greased paper ;
bake for an hour and a half in moderate oven.
1 Pint Milk.
2 Ozs. Glace Cherries.
4 Ozs. Butter.
A Little Lemon Rind
(Grated).
194
BRANDY SNAPS.
Ingredients.
£ Lb. Flour. t Lb. Brown Sugar.
| Lb. Syrup. 6 Ozs. Butter.
\ Oz. Ground Ginger. A Bust of Cayenne.
Method.
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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat eggs with tablespoonful of milk ; sift flour through hair sieve * add flour slowly to butter and sugar ; mix lightly but well ; when rather stiff add milk and eggs gradually ; add grated rinds of oranges (which should be well washed and dried) ; add baking powder ; pour mixture into buttered tin, and bake in good oven for thirty minutes. When baked, turn upside down on sieve and spread icing (see below) evenly.
For Icing.— Squeeze and strain juice of oranges ; pass icing sugar through wire sieve ; add to juice sufficient sugar to give consistency of double cream ; spread with knife dipped in boiling water.
Ingredients.
GINGER CAKE.
i Lb. Flour.
4 Ozs. Brown Sugar.
1 Teaspoonful Cinnamon.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder.
4 Ozs. Butter.
4 Ozs. Syrup.
2 Teaspoonfuls Ground Ginger.
2 Eggs.
A Little Milk.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix syrup and spices, and warm ; mix flour and baking powder ; thoroughly mix all these ; beat eggs and add, with sufficient milk to bring to right consistency ; pour into cake tin lined with buttered paper ; bake in slow oven for about
two hours.
PRESERVED
ingredients.
1 Lb. Flour.
4 Ozs. Butter.
2 Ozs. Preserved Ginger.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder.
A Little Milk
IQO
GINGER CAKE.
3 Ozs. Syrup.
2 Ozs. Sugar, i Teaspoonful Ground Ginger.
1 Egg.
(if needed).
Method. (
Melt butter,, syrup and sugar together ; cut preserved ginger into small pieces ; mix flour, baking powder and ground ginger ; beat egg ; mix all together,, and add a little milk to bring to right consistency ;
put in cake tin lined with buttered paper ; bake in moderate oven for about one hour.
PLUM CAKE.
Ingredients.
1 1 Lb. Flour.
| Lb. Demerara Sugar, i Lb. Sultanas.
4 Eggs- A Little Milk.
A Pinch Salt.
Method.
Cream the butter with the hand ; add sugar and eggs, one by one, and beat well ; mix baking powder, flour and a pinch of salt ; add fruit and flour by degrees to butter and egg mixture ; add enough milk to bring to. right consistency ; place in cake tin lined with buttered paper ; bake in moderate oven for two hours.
i Lb. Butter.
1 Lb. Currants.
3 Ozs. Mixed Peel A Few Glace Cherries.
2 Teaspoonfuls Baking
Powder,
ig2
SULTANA CAKE.
Ingredients.
J Lb. Fresh Butter. | Lb. Flour.
| Lb. Sultanas.
J Lb. Castor Sugar.
i Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
| Lb. Rice Flour.
3 Eggs.
A Little Milk.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix baking powder with flour, and add gradually ; add fruit ; mix well ; beat eggs thoroughly, and add with milk ; beat mixture five minutes ; put in cake tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for two hours.
CHERRY CAKE.
Ingredients.
io Ozs. Flour.
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
3 Eggs.
i Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat eggs ; add eggs alter¬ nately with flour and milk ; beat mixture thoroughly ; add fruit, lemon rind and baking powder ; pour into tin lined with greased paper ; bake for an hour and a half in moderate oven.
1 Pint Milk.
2 Ozs. Glace Cherries. 4 Ozs. Butter.
A Little Lemon Rind (Grated).
BRANDY SNAPS.
Ingredients.
£ Lb. Flour. t Lb. Brown Sugar.
| Lb. Syrup. 6 Ozs. Butter.
\ Oz. Ground Ginger. A Bust of Cayenne.
Method.
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