Cornflour Cake
From Plain cookery recipes, 1908
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This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
One teaspoonful of baking- powder. About half a gill milk. Prepare and bake as for Luncheon Cake. Madeira Cake. Eight ounces flour. Five ounces butter. Five ounces castor sugar. Grated lemon rind. Four eggs. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. Citron peel. Sieve the flour, cream the butter and sugar, add the grated lemon rind. Add the flour and eggs by degrees, and beat well. Add the baking-powder with the last spoonful of flour. T urn into a greased and papered tin ; place the citron peel on the top. Place in a moderate oven, and bake steadily for one and a half hours. Carraway Seed Cake. Half a pound flour. Quarter of a pound butter. Quarter of a pound castor sugar. Two eggs. One dessertspoonful carraway seeds. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. A little milk. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake. 126 PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES. Rice Cake* Six ounces rice flour. One teaspoonful of baking- Three ounces flour. powder. Four ounces butter. Two eggs. Four ounces sugar. Lemon essence. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125). Half a pound flour. Four ounces sugar. One teaspoonful of baking powder. Spice Cake. Three ounces butter. One and a half teaspoonfuls of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Two eggs. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125). Cocoanut Cake. Six ounces flour. Three ounces butter. Four ounces castor sugar. Three ounces cocoanut. Two small eggs. Small teaspoonful of baking- powder. A little milk. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125). Cornflour Cake. Six ounces cornflour. Six ounces butter. Six ounces castor sugar. Three eggs. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125). Two ounces flour. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. A little vanilla essence
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