Queen Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 Lb. Butter
• 1 Lb. Flour
• 1 Lb. Castor Sugar
• 1 Lb. Currants
• 8 Eggs
• Nutmeg or Rosewater

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar to a cream; add eggs one at a time and beat well; add flour and currants gradually; put into queen-cake tins, buttered and floured; bake in moderate oven for fifteen to thirty minutes till light brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Evans' recipe cookery book (1900), page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

| Lb. Castor Sugar. 4 Ozs. Flour. 4 Ozs. Butter. 3 Eggs. 1 Teaspoonful Baking Powder. Method. Mix all dry ingredients ; melt butter and add ; beat eggs well and stir in till a stiff paste is formed ; rub baking tin with white wax ; drop small quantities of mixture thereon ; bake in quick oven for ten to fifteen minutes. COCOANUT DROPS. Ingredients. 4 Ozs. Desiccated Cocoanut. 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. 1 Oz. Cornflour. 2 Eggs (Whites only). Method. Whip whites very stiff ; add dry ingredients lightly ; place on wafer paper in rough heaps ; bake in cool oven for thirty minutes. 221 ALMOND CAKES. Ingredients. 6 Ozs. Butter. 6 Ozs. Castor Sugar. 8 Ozs. Flour, i Egg. Method. Beat butter and sugar to cream ; add flour to which baking powder has been added ; add beaten egg and essence and bake in a slow oven. J Teaspoonful Baking Powder. J Teaspoonful Essence of Almonds. 222 CORNISH HEAVY CAKE. Ingredients. 1 Lb. Flour. 6 Ozs. Lard. 6 Ozs. Currants or Sultanas. 3 Ozs. Moist Sugar. 2 Ozs. Candied Lemon Peel. A Little Milk. Methed. Rub the lard into the flour ; add the other ingredients ; mix to a rather stiff paste with the milk ; roll out to thickness of three-quarters of an inch ; place on greased baking tin and bake in moderate oven for thirty minutes. 223 QUEEN CAKES. Ingredients. i Lb. Butter. I Lb. Flour, i Lb. Castor Sugar. i Lb. Currants. 8 Eggs. Nutmeg or Rosewater

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