Butter Scotch

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. Butter
• 1 lb. Sugar
• 1/2 a tea-cup of Water

Method

1. 1

   Boil ingredients until thick, then pour onto a buttered dish and cut into squares.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BUTTER SCOTCH, BUNS.—See Moss Bolletjes. BUTTER SCOTCH. Ingredients. \ lb. Butter. i lb. Sugar. \ a tea-cup of Water. Boil till quite thick. Pour on to a buttered dish, and cut into squares. 16 c. CABBAGE.— See Vegetable (Savoury). CASHMERE {TO CLEAN BLACK). Dissolve one ounce of ammonia in half a gallon of water. Lay the cashmere in it for half an hour; dip up and down, rub any dirty places , hang to drain, and when still damp, iron on the wrong side. Milk and soot rubbed on black straw hats and bonnets revives them wonderfully. CAKE {ALMOND). (Mrs. Versfeld's old Dutch Recipe.) Ingredients. I lb. Almonds blanched and pounded la Eggs. with Rose Water. S Tablespoonfuls of Finest Pounded I oz. Bitter Almonds. Biscuit. 1 lb. Loaf Sugar (sifted), (500 Almonds go to a lb. ) Blanch and pound the almonds, beat up the yolks of the eggs, mix with the sugar; then add alternately the whites and almonds, then the biscuit. Bake in a well- buttered mould for an hour and a half in a moderate oven, with a buttered paper over the mould. Very good. CAKE {BERG RIVER). (Mrs. Melck's Recipe.) Ingrediend. > Eggs. 25 Sweet Almond! Their weight in Sugar. 10 Bitter Almonds. The weight of 3 Eggs in Flour. Some Citron Preserve; I Lemon. Whisk the eggs to a froth, the whites and sugar tO be mixed first, then the yolks and other ingredientSt Bake in buttered mould for one hour. Good. C] CAKE (BIRTHDAY— BUTTERMILK— CHOCOLATE). CAKE {.BIRTHDAY). (Mrs. Andrews' Recipe.) Ingredients. I lb. or Finest Flour. \ lb. Almonds blauched and :ut I lb. Sugar. small. I lb. Butter. J lb. Candied Preserve*. I lb. Currants. 7 Eggs. J lb. Chopped Raisins. 1 Glass of Brandy. A few Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ginger. Beat the butter to a cream, mix with sugar, then eggs, yolks first, then whites, then flour, currants, etc. ; mix all very well. Bake in well-buttered mould for two hours, with buttered paper over, in moderate oven. CAKE {BUTTERMILK). (A cheap, homely Cake.) Ingredients. S cups Flour. I bottle Buttermilk. 2 cups Sugar. 2 tablespoons Cinnamon. 1 Qup Currants. Some " Naartje " (Tangerine Otange) I tablespoon Butter. Peel. 3 teaspoons Carbonate of Soda. Vanilla Essence may be used instead. Mix the butter and sugar ; then mix with the flour the spices, soda, and currants. Stir in alternately a little flour and buttermilk. Have ready buttered moulds. Bake in a moderately quick oven. CAKE {CHOCOLATE). Ingredients. Whites of 7 Eggs. i lb. Sugar,

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.