Cocoanut Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• 6 oz. sugar
• ½ pt. milk
• 4 oz. cocoanut
• 6 oz. margarine
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• water to mix

Method

1. 1

   Rub fat into flour and add dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Mix to a stiff batter with beaten egg, milk, and water.

3. 3

   Put into a greased and lined tin.

4. 4

   Bake until firm, about 2 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Family meals and catering (1935) by British Medical Association, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

£ pt. milk Salt Dripping from the joint 1. Put flour and salt into basin. - Make a well in the flour and drop in the egg and a little liquid. . With a wooden spoon stir the flour gradually into the liquid adding more liquid as required ; when half the liquid has been used beat mixture for 5 to 10 minutes until full of air bubbles. ; Stand aside for as long as possible (4 hour at least), then add remaining liquid. . Take a tablespoonful of dripping from the joint and put into a tin. Make hot and pour in the batter. . Bake in a hot oven unti) thoroughly brown, about } hour. Green Vegetable—2 /b. in season 1. Green vegetables such as savoy, cabbage, sprouts, etc., should stand in salted water for 4 hour and then be washed carefully. Fw Ww . Place in boiling salted water—the vegetable being quite covered—and cook gently, 15 to 40 minutes according to age Potatoes—3 /b. A few baked with the meat . Peel or scrape potatoes. . A few should be cooked with meat and the remainder should be placed in cold water to which salt has been added. brought to the boil, and cooked gently for 20 to 30 minutes. RICE PUDDING 4 02. rice 2 02. sugar Nutmeg 4 og. margarine I pt. water Pinch of salt 1 pt. milk . Wash the rice and put it into a dish of suitable size. ’ ; Cover with the water and bake gently until the water is absorbed. Stir occasionally. Keep the dish covered during this cooking. . Pour in rhe milk, add sugar and a little grated nutmeg, and bake very gently for about 1} hours, until creamy and brown (no cover). COCOANUT CAKE 1 1b. flour 6 og. sugar t pt. milk +- water to mix 4 oz. cocoanut 6 oz. margarine 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder unless Pinch of salt

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