Cocoanut Cakes

Ingredients

• Half a pound of Flour
• Quarter of a pound of Butter
• Six ounces of Sugar
• Two ounces of Desiccated Cocoanut
• One small teaspoonful of Baking Powder
• Two or three Eggs
• Half a gill of Milk

Method

1. 1

   Boil the milk and pour it over the cocoanut.

2. 2

   Place on one side to cool.

3. 3

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.

4. 4

   Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately.

5. 5

   Add the flour and yolks of the eggs alternately to the butter, stir in the milk and cocoanut and beat thoroughly.

6. 6

   Stir in lightly the baking powder and whites of the eggs.

7. 7

   Pour into a tin lined with greased paper and bake one and a quarter hours in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COCOANUT CAKES Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Quarter of a pound of Butter Six ounces of Sugar Two ounces of Desiccated Cocoanut. One small teaspoonful of Baking Powder Two or three Eggs Half a gill of Milk

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