War-time Cake

Ingredients

• 7 ozs. Flour
• 2 Dried I'ggs
• 4 ozs. Fruit
• 5 ozs. Sugar
• 4 ozs. Fat
• 1 Desse: t<poon Baking Powder
• ?inch of Salt
• Little Milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream to mix; bake about 1 hour in a moderate oven.

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 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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 Put everything in pan except flour and soda, and bring to a boil When cool add flour and mix carb. of soda with milk and add to mixture. Mrs. H. Norru, “ Hillcrest” . iy 15 CAKE (War-time). ‘ 7 ozs. Flour 2 Dried I'ggs 4 ozs. Fruit 1 Desse: t<poon Baking Powder 5 ozs. Sugar ?inch of Salt 4 ozs. Fat Little Milk Cream to mix; bake about 1 hour moderate oven. Mrs. Kine, 15, King Street. APPLE SHORTBREAD. Stewed Apples 3 ozs. Margarine 4 ozs. Self-raising Flour 1 Tablespoonful Sugar Three- quarters fill a medium sized pie dish with the stewed apples. Rub the margerine into the four, add sugar and sprinkle evenly over the apples. Bake in a moderate oven until golded brown. Service with custard. A. JAMES, King Street. DATE and WALNUT CAKE. 6 ozs. Flour (Self-raising) Teaspoon Carb. of Soda 4 ozs. Butter Cup of Milk 4 4 ozs. Sugar 1 Kgg 2 4 ozs. Dates (chopped) 1 Teaspoonful Baking Powder 2 ozs. Walvuts (ground) Beat butter and sngar to a cream, add egg, milk and all other in- gredients. Moderate oven. Mus. L. NEwuis WAR-TIME CAKE. 4 ozs. Lard and Margarine 4 1b. of Currants or Raisins 11 ozs. of Sugar 1 Teaspoonful Bicarbonate Soda 1 Ib. of Flour 2 Teaspoonsful Baking Powder 1 oz. of Yeast in 1 gill of warm Milk 2 Eggs Allow to rise in cake tins 1 hour. Bake 14 hours Mus. J. W. Rooxs, Hopton Lane. 14 CARROT GINGERBREAD. 4 |b. Flour 1 lb. Grated Carrot 1 oz. Sugar 2 Tablespoons Syrup 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1 Teaspoon Ground Ginger 2 Teaspvons Mixed Spice 4 ozs. Fat Meruop —Sift flour, soda and spices into a basin. Add carrot. . Put syrup, fat and sugar into a pan, heat until sugar is melted. — Pour over dry ingredients and mix well. Add a little milk

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