Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix flour, ground rice, and
baking powder ; add to butter ; beat egg and add ; add milk ; divide
mixture into equal parts, and spread each over a dessert plate well
buttered ; bake for ten to fifteen minutes in moderate oven. When
baked, slip cakes off plates ; spread jam upon one and place the other
upon the top, pressing it gently down. Sprinkle with castor sugar.
If preferred, lemon cheese may be substituted for jam.
202
SPONGE CAKE.
Ingredients.
i Breakfast-cupful Flour. i Breakfast-cupful Castor
i Teaspoonful Baking Sugar.
Powder. 4 Eggs.
Method.
Beat yolks of eggs well with sugar ; whisk whites of eggs till
they are rather stiff ; mix with yolks, but do not stir more than is just
necessary to mingle ingredients well together ; dredge in flour by
degrees, having previously mixed with baking powder. Line tin with
thoroughly-buttered paper and dredge flour thereon ; pour in mixture,
and put at once in rather quick oven ; bake for forty-five minutes ;
remove from tin before quite cold, and place on sieve till cold.
203
LEMON FEATHER CAKE.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Flour. I Teaspoonful Baking
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. Powder.
Rind of Lemon (Grated). 2 Eggs.
2 Ozs. Butter. J Teacupful Milk.
\ Teaspoonful Vanilla.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add lemon ; beat eggs well
and add ; mix thoroughly ; add milk ; add flour and baking powder ;
;add vanilla; stir well; grease cake tin and pour in mixture; bake
one hour.
204
SEED CAKE.
Ingredients.
J Lb. Flour.
3 Ozs. Butter,
i Dessert-spoonful Caraway
Seeds.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat yolks of eggs well and
add alternately with flour; whisk whites to a stiff froth, and mix
lightly in ; add caraway seeds ; pour into tin lined with greased paper ;
bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half.
i Teaspoonful Baking
Powder.
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
3 Eggs.
205
INVALID’S CAKE (VERY LIGHT).
Ingredients.
4 Ozs. Butter. 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
J Teaspoonful Baking 4 Ozs. Flour.
Powder. 4 Eggs.
Flavouring to taste✪ Invalid's Cake (Very Light).
Method
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; drop in one yolk of egg and
beat till thoroughly mixed ; add the other yolk, and repeat the beating ;
add the flavouring ; stir the flour in slowly ; beat whites of eggs to
a stiff froth ; stir lightly in ; line a cake tin with well-buttered paper
and dredge with flour ; bake in moderate oven for about forty-five
minutes. N.B. — To ensure success, the mixture should be beaten
for ten minutes after the flour is added.
206
CORNFLOUR CAKE.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Cornflour.
6 Ozs. Butter.
4 Eggs.
£ Teaspoonful
Seethed.
Beat butter to a cream ; add sugar ; beat eggs well and add ;
mix well and add dry ingredients ; add flavouring ; place in a greased
cake tin ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half.
4 Ozs. Flour,
i Oz. Paisley Flour.
6 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
Vanilla✪ Cornflour Cake.
RICE CAKE.
Ingredients.
| Lb. Ground Rice. 4 Eggs.
J Lb. Castor Sugar.
Method.
Beat all together for twenty minutes ; pour mixture into cake
tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for one horn.
208
JUMBLES.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Flour. i Lb. Butter.
§ Lb. Castor Sugar. 2 Eggs.
Almond, Vanilla, or Lemon Flavouring to taste✪ Jumbles.
Method.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix flour, ground rice, and baking powder ; add to butter ; beat egg and add ; add milk ; divide mixture into equal parts, and spread each over a dessert plate well buttered ; bake for ten to fifteen minutes in moderate oven. When baked, slip cakes off plates ; spread jam upon one and place the other upon the top, pressing it gently down. Sprinkle with castor sugar. If preferred, lemon cheese may be substituted for jam.
SPONGE CAKE.
Ingredients.
i Breakfast-cupful Flour. i Breakfast-cupful Castor
i Teaspoonful Baking Sugar.
Powder. 4 Eggs.
Method.
Beat yolks of eggs well with sugar ; whisk whites of eggs till they are rather stiff ; mix with yolks, but do not stir more than is just necessary to mingle ingredients well together ; dredge in flour by degrees, having previously mixed with baking powder. Line tin with thoroughly-buttered paper and dredge flour thereon ; pour in mixture, and put at once in rather quick oven ; bake for forty-five minutes ; remove from tin before quite cold, and place on sieve till cold.
LEMON FEATHER CAKE.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Flour. I Teaspoonful Baking
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. Powder.
Rind of Lemon (Grated). 2 Eggs.
2 Ozs. Butter. J Teacupful Milk.
\ Teaspoonful Vanilla.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add lemon ; beat eggs well and add ; mix thoroughly ; add milk ; add flour and baking powder ; ;add vanilla; stir well; grease cake tin and pour in mixture; bake one hour.
SEED CAKE.
Ingredients.
J Lb. Flour.
3 Ozs. Butter, i Dessert-spoonful Caraway Seeds.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat yolks of eggs well and add alternately with flour; whisk whites to a stiff froth, and mix lightly in ; add caraway seeds ; pour into tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half.
i Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
3 Eggs.
INVALID’S CAKE (VERY LIGHT).
Ingredients.
4 Ozs. Butter. 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar.
J Teaspoonful Baking 4 Ozs. Flour.
Powder. 4 Eggs.
Flavouring to taste.
Method
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; drop in one yolk of egg and beat till thoroughly mixed ; add the other yolk, and repeat the beating ; add the flavouring ; stir the flour in slowly ; beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth ; stir lightly in ; line a cake tin with well-buttered paper and dredge with flour ; bake in moderate oven for about forty-five minutes. N.B. — To ensure success, the mixture should be beaten for ten minutes after the flour is added.
CORNFLOUR CAKE.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Cornflour.
6 Ozs. Butter.
4 Eggs.
£ Teaspoonful
Method.
Beat butter to a cream ; add sugar ; beat eggs well and add ; mix well and add dry ingredients ; add flavouring ; place in a greased cake tin ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half.
4 Ozs. Flour, i Oz. Paisley Flour. 6 Ozs. Castor Sugar. Vanilla.
RICE CAKE.
Ingredients.
| Lb. Ground Rice. 4 Eggs.
J Lb. Castor Sugar.
Method.
Beat all together for twenty minutes ; pour mixture into cake tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for one hour.
JUMBLES.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Flour. i Lb. Butter.
§ Lb. Castor Sugar. 2 Eggs.
Almond, Vanilla, or Lemon Flavouring to taste.
Method.
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