15 tablespoons syrup
8 oz. Cakeoma
2 teaspoons ground ginger✪ Ginger Fingers
Warm the margarine and syrup,
and cream them together. Sieve
Parkin
in the Cakeoma and ginger, mix to
a stiff dough and roll out thinly.
Cut into fingers about 1 inch by
3 inches and bake in a slow oven
(325° F.) for 15-20 minutes.
WINE BISCUITS
8 oz. Cakeoma
: 4 oz. margarine
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon sherry✪ Wine Biscuits
Sieve the Cakeoma, rub in the
margarine and mix with the egg
[5] Ginger Fingers
LLL OE:
BALE “
Lemon Cookies
yolk and sherry to a stiff dough. and mix to a stiff consistency with
Roll out and cut into shapes. Bake the milk. Roll out, and cut into
in a moderately hot oven (400° F.) shapes. Bake in a slow oven
for 10-15 minutes. (325° F.) 25-30 minutes.
HONEY BISCUITS LEMON COOKIES
2 Oz. Margarine
3 oz. margarine 1 ege
8 oz. Cakeoma 8 oz. Cakeoma
1 tablespoon honey A pinch of salt
About | tablespoon milk 1 lemon
Rub the margarine into the Lemon caramel or lemon
sieved Cakeoma, add the honey, butter filling (see opposite)
Citron Fingers [6]
Cream the margarine and add
the egg. Sieve in the Cakeoma and
Salt. and add the lemon juice.
Knead and roll out, sprinkling the
grated rind over the dough before
the final rolling. Prick, cut into
various shapes, and bake in a
moderate oven (350° F.) for about
15 minutes, until golden-brown.
To make Lemon Caramel, boil
3 oz. sugar and about 4 pint lemon
juice together until it just turns
brown. Pour this on the biscuits
either before or after baking.
To make Lemon Butter Filling,
cream together 3 oz. margarine
and 44 oz. icing sugar, and add
lemon juice to flavour. Sandwich
the biscuits together with this filling.
CITRON FINGERS
24 oz. margarine
8 oz. Cakeoma
2 oz. ground almonds
1 tablespoon chopped citron
peel
1 tablespoon chopped nuts
I egg
Apricot jam
3-4 oz. yellow glacé icing
Nuts and citron peel for
decoration
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Rub the margarine into the sieved
Cakeoma and add the almonds,
peel and nuts. Mix to a paste with
the beaten egg, divide into two, and
place in two small square or oblong
tins. Prick all over, and bake in a
moderate oven (375° F.) for about
30 minutes. When cold, put two
- together with jam, coat with the
icing and decorate with nuts and
peel.
CHOCOLATE WHIRLIGIGS
8 oz. Cakeoma
3 oz. margarine
1-2 tablespoons milk
1-2 tablespoons cocoa✪ Chocolate Whirligigs
Sieve the Cakeoma and rub in
the margarine. Divide the mixture
in half, and to one half add enough
milk to give a stiff dough: leave
in a cool place. To the other half
add the sieved cocoa, and bind
together to give a stiff consistency.
Roll both mixtures out on a floured
board, then place the chocolate on -
top of the white and roll up, Swiss
roll fashion. Cut into slices about
+ inch thick, press together in
pairs, to resemble butterfly wings,
and bake in a moderately hot oven
(400° F.) for about 10 minutes.
colate Whirligig
S
Cherry Cake (see Basic Recipe)
ee ..
LARGE CAKES
PLAIN CAKE—BASIC RECIPE
8 oz. Cakeoma
3 oz. margarine
1-2 eggs
1-3 tablespoons milk✪ Plain Cake - Basic Recipe
Sieve the Cakeoma and rub in
the margarine. Add the egg, with
sufficient milk to give a dropping
consistency, then beat for about
5 minutes. Put into a prepared
6-inch cake tin and bake in a
moderate oven (350° F.) for about
1 hour.
Variations.
Add one of the following ingre-
dients, as required, to basic recipe:
Seed Cake: 4-1 teaspoon caraway
seeds.
Lunch Cake: 4 oz. sultanas. (For
Rich Lunch Cake, add also 2 oz.
chopped mixed candied peel,
and scatter blanched almonds
over the top of the cake.)
Valencia Cake: 1 oz. blanched
sweet almonds and 4 oz. stoned
raisins.
Chocolate : |—2 tablespoons cocoa.
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Cherry Cake: 4 oz. halved glace
cherries.
Fig Cake: 6 oz. chopped figs and
about 2 tablespoons milk.
Coconut Cake: 2 oz. desiccated
coconut.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
15 tablespoons syrup
8 oz. Cakeoma
2 teaspoons ground ginger
Warm the margarine and syrup, and cream them together. Sieve
Parkin
in the Cakeoma and ginger, mix to a stiff dough and roll out thinly. Cut into fingers about 1 inch by 3 inches and bake in a slow oven (325° F.) for 15-20 minutes.
WINE BISCUITS
8 oz. Cakeoma : 4 oz. margarine 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon sherry
Sieve the Cakeoma, rub in the margarine and mix with the egg
[5] Ginger Fingers
LLL OE: BALE “
Lemon Cookies
yolk and sherry to a stiff dough. and mix to a stiff consistency with Roll out and cut into shapes. Bake the milk. Roll out, and cut into in a moderately hot oven (400° F.) shapes. Bake in a slow oven for 10-15 minutes. (325° F.) 25-30 minutes. HONEY BISCUITS LEMON COOKIES 2 Oz. Margarine
3 oz. margarine 1 egg
8 oz. Cakeoma 8 oz. Cakeoma
1 tablespoon honey A pinch of salt
About 1 tablespoon milk 1 lemon
Rub the margarine into the Lemon caramel or lemon sieved Cakeoma, add the honey, butter filling (see opposite) Citron Fingers [6]
Cream the margarine and add the egg. Sieve in the Cakeoma and Salt. and add the lemon juice. Knead and roll out, sprinkling the grated rind over the dough before the final rolling. Prick, cut into various shapes, and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) for about 15 minutes, until golden-brown.
To make Lemon Caramel, boil 3 oz. sugar and about 4 pint lemon juice together until it just turns brown. Pour this on the biscuits either before or after baking.
To make Lemon Butter Filling, cream together 3 oz. margarine and 4 oz. icing sugar, and add lemon juice to flavour. Sandwich the biscuits together with this filling.
CITRON FINGERS 2 oz. margarine 8 oz. Cakeoma 2 oz. ground almonds 1 tablespoon chopped citron peel 1 tablespoon chopped nuts I egg Apricot jam 3-4 oz. yellow glacé icing Nuts and citron peel for decoration
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Rub the margarine into the sieved Cakeoma and add the almonds, peel and nuts. Mix to a paste with the beaten egg, divide into two, and place in two small square or oblong tins. Prick all over, and bake in a moderate oven (375° F.) for about 30 minutes. When cold, put two
- together with jam, coat with the
icing and decorate with nuts and peel.
CHOCOLATE WHIRLIGIGS
8 oz. Cakeoma
3 oz. margarine
1-2 tablespoons milk
1-2 tablespoons cocoa
Sieve the Cakeoma and rub in
the margarine. Divide the mixture in half, and to one half add enough milk to give a stiff dough: leave in a cool place. To the other half add the sieved cocoa, and bind together to give a stiff consistency. Roll both mixtures out on a floured
board, then place the chocolate on -
top of the white and roll up, Swiss roll fashion. Cut into slices about + inch thick, press together in pairs, to resemble butterfly wings, and bake in a moderately hot oven (400° F.) for about 10 minutes.
colate Whirligig
S
Cherry Cake (see Basic Recipe)
ee ..
LARGE CAKES
PLAIN CAKE—BASIC RECIPE
8 oz. Cakeoma
3 oz. margarine
1-2 eggs
1-3 tablespoons milk
Sieve the Cakeoma and rub in
the margarine. Add the egg, with sufficient milk to give a dropping consistency, then beat for about 5 minutes. Put into a prepared 6-inch cake tin and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) for about 1 hour.
Variations. Add one of the following ingredients, as required, to basic recipe:
Seed Cake: 4-1 teaspoon caraway seeds.
Lunch Cake: 4 oz. sultanas. (For Rich Lunch Cake, add also 2 oz. chopped mixed candied peel, and scatter blanched almonds over the top of the cake.)
Valencia Cake: 1 oz. blanched sweet almonds and 4 oz. stoned raisins.
Chocolate : |—2 tablespoons cocoa.
[8]
Cherry Cake: 4 oz. halved glace cherries.
Fig Cake: 6 oz. chopped figs and about 2 tablespoons milk.
Coconut Cake: 2 oz. desiccated coconut.
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