Myra's cookery book

Stir till it begins to look white. 6... Yolks of eggs 4 Add and stir all well together. 7- Line a tin with buttered paper and bake. 9.-SPONGE CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. J ... Powdered i lb. ... ] Break the eggs over the sugar sugar > and beat all together for full half 2... Eggs 5 ) an hour. 3-" Flour Take the weight of 2J eggs. 4... Lemon peel ... I lemon... Grate into the flour. 5- ... ... ... Add the beaten eggs to the flour. 6... ... ... Beat all up and pour into a tin. 7... ... ... Put it instantly into a slow oven. lO.-LEMON CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Yolks of eggs 10 ) 2... Whites of 5 V Beat up well together till they froth. eggs ) 3'" Powdered I lb. ... Add and beat for ^ hour or more. sugar 4... Flour ilb. ... Add. 5-” Grated lemon 2 lemons ) peel 1 Add. 6... Lemon pulp ... r do. S 7... ... Butter 3’our tin and bake in a quick oven. 8... ... ... Do not close the oven door at once for fear it should scorch. I X 2 340 MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. ll.-PRANKFORT CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Flour 2 lbs. ... Dry and put in a pan. 2 . . . 3... Warm milk ... Yeast I pint ... 4 table 1 Mi.x with the flour and put it in a spoonsful f warm place to rise. 4... Butter Jib. ... Beat to a cream. 5--- Eggs 8 Beat and add. 6... Sugar 6 oz. Add. 7... Lemon peel ... I lemon... Grate fine and add. 8... Nutmeg Half ... Grate over. 9... Salt A pinch... Add and mix all to a paste. 10... • . • ... Work the dough and paste together, and beat for J hour. II... ... Put in a buttered tin, and let it rise. 12... ... Bake li hour in a moderate oven. 12.-PLAIN DOUGH CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Flour ij lb. ... I Mix in the usual way, and put the 2... Warm milk ... pint ... covered dough in a warm place 3--- Yeast 3 table 1 to rise. spoonsfu. 1 4... Sugar Salt 1 lb. ... A pinch... 1 5.. . 6.. . Butter 1 lb. ... Mix with the dough, and let it rise. 7... Sultana Jib. ... J 8... raisins Bake in a buttered tin. C/l/v£5 AND BISCUITS. 34^ 13-CINNAMON CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 1.. . 2.. . 3-“ 4.. . 5.. . 6.. . Flour Butter Milk Eggs Salt Yeast 7 ... lA lb. I ^ ...' 10 oz. ...[ I pint ... 2 ...I A pinch... ... I table I spoonful ^ Work together to a stiff paste, and roll out half an inch thick. Mark it out in squares or diamonds, but do not cut through. 8... 9... 1 I... Sifted sugar ... Powdered cinnamon 4 oz. Small spoonful i Mix and sprinkle all over the cake. ) Put it on a floured tin near the fire to rise. When risen bake in the usual way. 14.-POTATO CAKE. Order. Ingredients, Quantities. Method. I... Potatoes i lb. ... Cold boiled potatoes grated fine. 2... Sweet almonds i lb. ... Blanch, pound, and add. 3- Sugar ilb. ... Add. 4— Yolks of eggs 5 Beat and add. 5” Whites of eggs 5 Beat to a froth and add. 6... ... Mix all together to a paste. 7... ... ... Butter a mould. 8... Grated biscuit .*• ... Sprinkle over the mould. g... Put in the paste and bake i hour in a hot Oven. 15.-ALMOND CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Flour i lb. ... 1 Beat the butter to a cream and work 2... Butter i lb.