Buns

Ingredients

• I lb. flour
• i lb. sugar
• 1 lb. butter
• 2 eggs
• I teaspoonful of baking soda
• I teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• A few drops lemon essence
• A few currants

Method

1. 1

   Put flour into a basin and rub butter into it.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs and add milk to moisten if required.

3. 3

   Add lemon essence and currants, then soda and cream of tartar.

4. 4

   Cook in a moderate oven for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The St. Mungo cookery book (1904) by Jean Lambie, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

J teaspoonful of baking soda. I teaspoonful cream of tartar. 2 teaspoonfuls of butter. A little salt. Sweet milk. Mix well and lay on oven shelf in spoonfuls quick oven. and bake in X.Y.7. 121 BRISTOL CAKE. ^ lb. of butter, i lb. of treacle, j lb. of lemon peel. I lb. of orange peel. I teacupful of sweet milk. 2 lbs. of currants, i lb. of dark brown sugar. 1 1 lbs. of self-raising flour. 6 eggs (7 if small). Beat butter and sugar to a cream, then drop in eggs one by one, after which add milk slightly warmed, then treacle, and fruit, and lastly the flour. Bake in moderate oven for 4 hours. Very good with almond icing on top. Miss Hart, Cartbank, Pollokshaws. BUNS. I lb. flour. :i lb. sugar. 1 lb. butter. 2 eggs. A few drops lemon essence. A few currants

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