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Rice Cake

From Evans' recipe cookery book, 1900
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This recipe was extracted from Evans' recipe cookery book (1900), page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

| Lb. Castor Sugar. i Lb. Currants. 2 Ozs. Sweet Almonds. 2 Ozs. Lemon Peel. 2 Eggs. J Pint Milk. Nutmeg and Mace. Method. Rub butter into dry ingredients ; beat eggs into milk ; mix thoroughly ; put in tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for two hours. 198 IRISH TEA CAKE. Ingredients. 2 Teacupfuls Flour. 1 Teacupful Sugar. J Teacupful Butter. Essence, Vanilla or Almond. 2 Eggs. Method. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; dissolve soda in a tablespoon¬ ful of milk ; beat up yolks of eggs in the rest of the milk ; add gradually to the butter and sugar, sifting in the flour at the same time ; add soda, essence, and whites beaten to a stiff froth ; lastly, add the: cream of tartar. Put into buttered tin, and bake in a quick oven for an hour and a quarter. J Teacupful Milk. | Teaspoonful Soda. 1 Teaspoonful Cream of Tartar. Pinch of Salt. 199 MADEIRA CAKE. Ingredients. | Lb. Butter. j Lb. Castor Sugar. £ Lb. Flour. 4 Eggs. A Little Grated Lemon Peel. Method. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat eggs well and add ; add flour and lemon ; mix thoroughly ; put into a tin lined with greased paper. Bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half. 200 BROWN FRUIT LOAF. Ingredients. 2 Lbs. Wheat Meal. 1 Lb. Castor Sugar, | Lb. Sultanas. 2 Eggs. A Little Milk. Method. Rub butter into meal ; add all the dry ingredients ; beat the eggs and mix with milk ; add to dry mixture and beat into a moderately stiff paste ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half. This quantity will make two loaves. J Lb. Butter. | Lb. Candied Peel. J Lb. Currants. 2 Teaspoonfuls Baking Powder. 201 YORKSHIRE CAKE. Ingredients. 2 Ozs. Flour. 2 Ozs. Butter. 1 Egg. A Little Milk. 2 Ozs. Ground Rice. 2 Ozs. Castor Sugar, i Teaspoonful Baking Powder. Method. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; mix flour, ground rice, and baking powder ; add to butter ; beat egg and add ; add milk ; divide mixture into equal parts, and spread each over a dessert plate well buttered ; bake for ten to fifteen minutes in moderate oven. When baked, slip cakes off plates ; spread jam upon one and place the other upon the top, pressing it gently down. Sprinkle with castor sugar. If preferred, lemon cheese may be substituted for jam. 202 SPONGE CAKE. Ingredients. i Breakfast-cupful Flour. i Breakfast-cupful Castor i Teaspoonful Baking Sugar. Powder. 4 Eggs. Method. Beat yolks of eggs well with sugar ; whisk whites of eggs till they are rather stiff ; mix with yolks, but do not stir more than is just necessary to mingle ingredients well together ; dredge in flour by degrees, having previously mixed with baking powder. Line tin with thoroughly-buttered paper and dredge flour thereon ; pour in mixture, and put at once in rather quick oven ; bake for forty-five minutes ; remove from tin before quite cold, and place on sieve till cold. 203 LEMON FEATHER CAKE. Ingredients. 6 Ozs. Flour. I Teaspoonful Baking 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. Powder. Rind of Lemon (Grated). 2 Eggs. 2 Ozs. Butter. J Teacupful Milk. \ Teaspoonful Vanilla. Method. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add lemon ; beat eggs well and add ; mix thoroughly ; add milk ; add flour and baking powder ; ;add vanilla; stir well; grease cake tin and pour in mixture; bake one hour. 204 SEED CAKE. Ingredients. J Lb. Flour. 3 Ozs. Butter, i Dessert-spoonful Caraway Seeds. Method. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; beat yolks of eggs well and add alternately with flour; whisk whites to a stiff froth, and mix lightly in ; add caraway seeds ; pour into tin lined with greased paper ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half. i Teaspoonful Baking Powder. 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. 3 Eggs. 205 INVALID’S CAKE (VERY LIGHT). Ingredients. 4 Ozs. Butter. 4 Ozs. Castor Sugar. J Teaspoonful Baking 4 Ozs. Flour. Powder. 4 Eggs. Flavouring to taste. Method Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; drop in one yolk of egg and beat till thoroughly mixed ; add the other yolk, and repeat the beating ; add the flavouring ; stir the flour in slowly ; beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth ; stir lightly in ; line a cake tin with well-buttered paper and dredge with flour ; bake in moderate oven for about forty-five minutes. N.B. — To ensure success, the mixture should be beaten for ten minutes after the flour is added. 206 CORNFLOUR CAKE. Ingredients. 6 Ozs. Cornflour. 6 Ozs. Butter. 4 Eggs. £ Teaspoonful Seethed. Beat butter to a cream ; add sugar ; beat eggs well and add ; mix well and add dry ingredients ; add flavouring ; place in a greased cake tin ; bake in moderate oven for an hour and a half. 4 Ozs. Flour, i Oz. Paisley Flour. 6 Ozs. Castor Sugar. Vanilla. RICE CAKE. Ingredients. | Lb. Ground Rice. 4 Eggs
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