Blanch the almonds ; cut a few in stripes for the top of the cake,
chop the others finely. Grease small tins. Beat butter and sugar to
a cream ; add the almonds, flour, and eggs well beaten, milk, and
baking powder. Half fill the tins with the mixture, sprinkle the al-
monds on the top, and bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes.
OR,
Whites of 2 Eggs, i lb. powdered Almonds, 2 oz. Sugar, 1 dessertspoonful
Flour.
Mix all lightly together, drop on wafer paper, and bake in mod- •
erate oven 5 to 7 minutes, till they puff well up. Let cool on tins, then
lift carefully up' and break away wafer paper from bottom. Keep in tin.
Almond and Honey Cakes.
1 lb. Flour✪ Yorkshire Perkins, 1 lb. lloney, 6 oz. Ground Almonds, 6 oz. Butter, 1 teaspoonful
Powdered Cloves, teaepponfuls Carbonate of Soda.
Put the honey and butter on the fire and let it boil up. Mix the
flour, cloves, and almonds together, and pour the boiling mixture on.
them. Mix the soda in a little cold milk and add the last thing.
Mix all well and let it stand for 5 or 6 hours. Tlien roll out into
1 inch thick rounds, or squares. Put a few almonds on the top and
bake till a golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Almond and Rice Cakes.
“ Almonds, 2 oz. Butter, 2 oz. Castor Sugar, 4 oz. Ground Rice,
2 Whites of Eggs.
Beat butter to cream. Add sugar and almonds, then sprinkle in
rice, beating it all the time. Whip whites to stiff froth and mix all
together. Drop in teaspoonfuls on a well-greased tin, and bake ih
quick oven 5 or 10 minutes.
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Bachelor’s Buttons.
Rub 4 oz. butter into 10 oz. flour ; 2 oz. of sugar ; beat 2 eggs✪ Bachelor’s Buttons ;
add to the mixture. Break off pieces size of a nut, sprinkle sugar over,
and bake on buttered paper a light brown.
Banbury Cakes.
i lb. Puff Pastry, 2 oz. Sugar, 2 oz. of mixed Peel, 1 oz. of Biscuit Crumbs,
4 oz. Currants, a dust of Allspice, 1 oz. Butter, i an Egg.✪ Banbury Cakes
Roll the pastry out to | inch thick ; stamp out into rounds, 6 ins.
in diameter. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add crumbs, eggs,
minced peel, spice, and currants ; put a little on each round of pastry.
Wet the edges, fold in half, and seal carefully. Turn over edges down-
ward, and press out a little. Brush over with water, dust with sugar,
and bake 10 to 15 minutes.
Buns.
1 lb. Flour, 6 oz. Butter, 2 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder, J lb Sugar, 1 Egg,
nearly i pint Milk, and a few drops Essence of Lemon✪ Buns.
Will make 24 buns.
Cherry Cakes.
For Pastry.— 3 oz. Flour, 1 oz. Plasmon, 2 oz. Butter, Salt, Yolk of Egg,
and water.
For Mixture. — 2 oz. Butter, 2 oz. Sugar, 1 oz. Dried Cherries, 1 oz. Peel,
1 oz. Cake Crumbs, i oz. Corn Flour, 1 Egg✪ Cherry Cakes.
Cream butter, and sugar, and add other dry ingredients and eggs
gradually till like thick cream. Make the pastry by rubbing butter
into the flour and adding Plasmon, mixing with egg and water till a
thick paste. Roll out and cut in rounds. Put pastry into greased tins
and add teaspoonful of mixture. Bake in a hot oven 15 minutes.
Cheese Cakes. ✪ Cheese Cakes
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Blanch the almonds ; cut a few in stripes for the top of the cake, chop the others finely. Grease small tins. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add the almonds, flour, and eggs well beaten, milk, and baking powder. Half fill the tins with the mixture, sprinkle the almonds on the top, and bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes.
OR,
Whites of 2 Eggs, i lb. powdered Almonds, 2 oz. Sugar, 1 dessertspoonful Flour.
Mix all lightly together, drop on wafer paper, and bake in mod- • erate oven 5 to 7 minutes, till they puff well up. Let cool on tins, then lift carefully up' and break away wafer paper from bottom. Keep in tin.
Almond and Honey Cakes.
1 lb. Flour, 1 lb. lloney, 6 oz. Ground Almonds, 6 oz. Butter, 1 teaspoonful Powdered Cloves, teaspoonfuls Carbonate of Soda.
Put the honey and butter on the fire and let it boil up. Mix the flour, cloves, and almonds together, and pour the boiling mixture on. them. Mix the soda in a little cold milk and add the last thing. Mix all well and let it stand for 5 or 6 hours. Then roll out into 1 inch thick rounds, or squares. Put a few almonds on the top and bake till a golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Almond and Rice Cakes.
4 oz. Almonds, 2 oz. Butter, 2 oz. Castor Sugar, 4 oz. Ground Rice,
2 Whites of Eggs.
Beat butter to cream. Add sugar and almonds, then sprinkle in rice, beating it all the time. Whip whites to stiff froth and mix all together. Drop in teaspoonfuls on a well-greased tin, and bake ih quick oven 5 or 10 minutes.
Bachelor’s Buttons.
Rub 4 oz. butter into 10 oz. flour ; 2 oz. of sugar ; beat 2 eggs ; add to the mixture. Break off pieces size of a nut, sprinkle sugar over, and bake on buttered paper a light brown.
Banbury Cakes.
i lb. Puff Pastry, 2 oz. Sugar, 2 oz. of mixed Peel, 1 oz. of Biscuit Crumbs, 4 oz. Currants, a dust of Allspice, 1 oz. Butter, i an Egg.
Roll the pastry out to | inch thick ; stamp out into rounds, 6 ins. in diameter. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add crumbs, eggs, minced peel, spice, and currants ; put a little on each round of pastry. Wet the edges, fold in half, and seal carefully. Turn over edges downward, and press out a little. Brush over with water, dust with sugar, and bake 10 to 15 minutes.
Buns.
1 lb. Flour, 6 oz. Butter, 2 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder, J lb Sugar, 1 Egg, nearly i pint Milk, and a few drops Essence of Lemon.
Will make 24 buns.
Cherry Cakes.
For Pastry.— 3 oz. Flour, 1 oz. Plasmon, 2 oz. Butter, Salt, Yolk of Egg, and water.
For Mixture. — 2 oz. Butter, 2 oz. Sugar, 1 oz. Dried Cherries, 1 oz. Peel, 1 oz. Cake Crumbs, i oz. Corn Flour, 1 Egg.
Cream butter, and sugar, and add other dry ingredients and eggs gradually till like thick cream. Make the pastry by rubbing butter into the flour and adding Plasmon, mixing with egg and water till a thick paste. Roll out and cut in rounds. Put pastry into greased tins and add teaspoonful of mixture. Bake in a hot oven 15 minutes.
Cheese Cakes.
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