Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 Gill Water
• 1 Teaspoonful Ground Ginger
• 1 Pinch Salt
• Mixed Fruit and Peel
• 1 Teaspoonful Carb. of Soda
• = Gill margerine
• 2 Gills Self-raising Flour

Method

1. 1

   Put everything in a pan except flour and soda, and bring to a boil.

2. 2

   When cool, add flour and mix carbonate of soda with milk and add to mixture.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewives' book of recipes & hints (1940) by Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain), page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 Pinch Salt 5ozs. Sugar 1 Orange 1 Small Sp. Baking Powder and a little Milk MeEtTHOD— Cream together the juice of: the orange, eggs, bales sugar. Add remainder and bake in a moderate oven. This cake | is more delicious if iced with orange icing made by the juice of another orange and icing sugar. MRs. Harwoop, Savile oe ee CHOCOLATE SANDWICH. 4 ozs. Self-raising Flour 1 oz. Cocoa 4 ozs. Sugar 1 Egg or Dried Egg | 2 ozs. Margarine 3 Tablespoons Milk 1 Eggeup Boiling Water Beat sugar and margarine together, gradually add flour, cocoa, well beaten egg and milk, and last of all boiling water. Bake in ~ moderate oven for 45 minutes. Regulo mark 4. Decorate with 1 bar melted chocolate and a little margarine. ; Mrs. F. A. Brown _ PARKIN. 100zs. Flour 1 Teaspoonful Ground Ginger 5ozs. Oatmeal 1 Teaspoonful All-Spice 4ozs. Syrup | 1 Teaspoonful Carbonate Soda 30z8. Butter 2 Teaspoonsful Baking Powder 30zs. Lard 2 Eggs 4ozs. Sugar . § Tea Cupful Milk Melt butter, beat sugar and eggs together, add other ingredients. } Cook in a slow oven. | Mrs. W. Jackson, Gregory Springs Road | ae Se a ce * , ' 11 RAISIN. CAKE. . 1 Cup Flour 2ozs. Butter and Lard mixed > Cup Sugar 1 Tablespoon Dried Egg 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder Cream butter and Sugar together, add egg well mixed. then flour © and fruit that can be spared, mix with household milk. Mrs. Newsome, Gregory 3prings Road © ries Nie SGAKE. $ lb. Self-raising Flour 2 ozs. Lard 5 ozs. Sugar iso - 2 ozs. Margarine 2 Tablespoonsful Milk ~ £1b. Cherries MerHop —Beat sugar and butter then add eggs and beat 5 minutes, add ffour stir in lightly, add cherries cut in half: and lastly add milk. Mrs. A. E. BRoox, en os Road. DATE LOAF. 1lb. Wheatmeal 1 Egg eR Sozs. Sugar Pinch of Salt Qozs. Butter 1 Teaspoon Bi-Carbonate Soda 1lb. Dates 1% Cups Boiling Water Rub butter in flour, add all other iperedienis, then add botleng water, mix well. Bake 2 hours. Mrs. Ruopgs, 5, Gregory Springs Road ° CHOCOLATE SANDWICH. | No Fat is required. _ 60zs. Plain Flour loz. Baking Powder 2ozs. Sugar 3 1 Tablespoon Dried Egg 1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder Pinch Salt Miz all dry ingredients first, then mix to a thick batter with sour milk. Bake about 20 minutes in hot oven. Mrs. C. Butusr, 7, Gregory Springs Lane 12 MERINGUE TART. INGREDIENTS. Short Pastry—Jam 6 ozs. Self-raising Flour 2 Eggs 2 oz. Lard . $lb. Sugar 2 oz. Margarine MetHop—Line a sandwich tin with pastry. Spread jam in bottom. Cream fats and 38 ozs. sugar adding yolks of eggs only. Then flour lightly. Full in the tin and bake in moderate oven for 7 minutes. While this is baking whip up the whites of eggs very stiff and lightly mix in rest of sugar. Spread on the tart (or pipe on). Decorate with anything fancied and stand in a warm ov en _ with the gas turned off to dry. Serve hot or cold. Mrs. A. B. Broox, Aysgarth, Gregory Springs Road. . DRIPPING CAKE. 9ozs. 8.R. Flour 4ozs. Each of Raisins & Sultanas Pinch Salt 4ozs. Dripping $ Teaspoon Mix Col. Spice Gozs. Sugar Drop of Lemon Essence 2 Eggs and Little Milk 1 Tablespoon Coffee Essence : MetHop—Sieve flour, spices and salt and add sugar. Put in- the dripping and rub it between the fingers until as fine as breadcrumbs. Add well beaten eggs, coffee and lemon essence. Mix well together and add fruit last of all. Turn mixture into greased and lined cake tin and bake i in moderate oven for 15 hours lowering heat a little after just } hour. Mrs. R. ELLAnt, 5, Gregory Springs Lane. BRUIT GAKE. 1 Gill Water 1 Teaspoonful Ground Ginger Sugar 1 Pinch Salt Mixed Fruit and Peel 1 Teaspoonful Carb. of Soda = Gill margerine 2 Gills Self-raising Flour

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