fib. Vienna Flour.
fib. Butter.
fib. caster Sugar (sifted).
4 Eggs.
f teaspoonful Baking Powder✪ Chocolate Cake (2).
Beat the sugar and butter for half an hour; add the
flour and chocolate gradually, and then the eggs,
whicn have been previously well whipped. Bake for
one and a half hours in a slow oven. Mr. Elin.
Chocolate Cake (3).
The following is a delicious cake: — Jib. of choco-
late grated and made hot in the oven, Jib. butter,
fib. sugar, 2foz. flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful
of baking powder✪ Chocolate Cake (3). Mix well, as for a pound cake,
and bake in a moderate oven.
Miss Baxter.
185
IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Chocolate and Orange Cake.
4 Eggs.
Weight of 4 Eggs in Sugar.
Weight of 3 Eggs in Flour.
Beat egg's and sugar for 20 minutes. Stir in flour
without beating. Bake in a moderate oven for about
50 minutes. Cut into layers and put orange and
chocolate mixture alternately.
Orange Mixture.
1 Orange.
2 yolks of Eggs,
ioz. Sugar.
1 tablespoonful Butter✪ Chocolate and Orange Cake.
Mix sugar, eggs, butter, and orange rind grated
in a pan till smooth, then add lemon juice.
Chocolate.
20zs. icing Sugar.
20ZS. Chocolate Powder.
2 teaspoonfuls of water.
Stir over the fire till dissolved.
Ice the Cake with:—
1 lb. icing Sugar.
^ the white of an Egg.
4 tablespoonfuls of Sherry.
Dissolve over the fire and pour over cake.
Miss V. Merriman.
Clapton Rice Cake.
^lb. ground Rice.
^ lb. Flour.
^lb. Currants.
6ozs. Butter.
3 Eggs.
6ozs. Sugar.
a packet of Baking Powder.
^pt. Milk✪ Clapton Rice Cake.
Mix well with eggs, not too stiff. The oven must
not be very hot.
186
Mr. Nappf.r.
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON^
Cake.
Mb. Flour.
30ZS. Butter or Lard.
30ZS. granulated Sugar.
Some Sultanas and a few Currants.
A little Candied Peel.
x small dessert-spoonful of Baking Powder.
2 Eggs.
i teacupful of new Milk.
Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the
eggs and flour gradually, and also the milk. Put in
the fruit, and just before putting the cake in the
oven add baking powder. Bake in quick oven for
three-quarters to one hour.
Mrs. Smart.
Coffee Cake (1).
3 Eggs.
Alb. Caster Sugar.
30ZS. Flour.
ioz. Candied Peel.
Ground Cinnamon.
A few drops of Vanilla Essence.
1 teaspoonful of strong Coffee.
Baking Powder.
Break into a basin the eggs and add the sugar,
vanilla essence, a pinch of ground cinnamon, and
the coffee. Whip all these together over a pan of
boiling water until the mixture is quite warm, then
remove the basin and continue whipping until it
becomes cold and thick. Then add the finely
shred candied peel, a pinch of baking powder,
and the flour, dried and sifted. Have a greased
baking tin ready, line it with buttered paper, dust
it with sugar and flour mixed together equally;
pour in the mixture and bake for about 25 minutes.
Turn out and leave till cold. It may be served
plain or with coffee glace.
187
IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Coffee Glae^.
6ozs. Caster Sugar.
2 dessert-spoonfuls Coffee,
i dessert-spoonful hot Water.
Stir all together over the fire till quite smooth and
warm, then pour over the cake and leave to set.
Miss Macpherson.
Coffee Cake (2).
2 Eggs.
Their weight in Butter, Sugar and Flour.
\ teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Pinch of Salt.
A little Milk.
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the
eggs and other ingredients. Beat all well and bake
in a slow oven.
Inside layer : —
20zs. Butter. ✪ King’s College Hospital Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
1/2 lb. Vienna Flour.
1/2 lb. Butter.
1/2 lb. caster Sugar (sifted).
4 Eggs.
1/2 teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Beat the sugar and butter for half an hour; add the flour and chocolate gradually, and then the eggs, whicn have been previously well whipped. Bake for one and a half hours in a slow oven. Mr. Elin.
Chocolate Cake (3).
The following is a delicious cake: — 1/2 lb. of chocolate grated and made hot in the oven, 1/2 lb. butter, 1/4 lb. sugar, 2 1/2 oz. flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix well, as for a pound cake, and bake in a moderate oven.
Miss Baxter.
Chocolate and Orange Cake.
4 Eggs.
Weight of 4 Eggs in Sugar.
Weight of 3 Eggs in Flour.
Beat eggs and sugar for 20 minutes. Stir in flour without beating. Bake in a moderate oven for about 50 minutes. Cut into layers and put orange and chocolate mixture alternately.
Orange Mixture.
1 Orange.
2 yolks of Eggs, ioz. Sugar.
1 tablespoonful Butter.
Mix sugar, eggs, butter, and orange rind grated in a pan till smooth, then add lemon juice.
Chocolate.
2ozs. icing Sugar.
2ozs. Chocolate Powder.
2 teaspoonfuls of water.
Stir over the fire till dissolved.
Ice the Cake with:—
1 lb. icing Sugar.
1/2 the white of an Egg.
4 tablespoonfuls of Sherry.
Dissolve over the fire and pour over cake.
Miss V. Merriman.
Clapton Rice Cake.
1/2 lb. ground Rice.
1/2 lb. Flour.
1/2 lb. Currants.
6ozs. Butter.
3 Eggs.
6ozs. Sugar.
a packet of Baking Powder.
1/2 pt. Milk.
Mix well with eggs, not too stiff. The oven must not be very hot.
Mr. Nappf.r.
Cake.
1 lb. Flour.
3ozs. Butter or Lard.
3ozs. granulated Sugar.
Some Sultanas and a few Currants.
A little Candied Peel.
1 small dessert-spoonful of Baking Powder.
2 Eggs.
i teacupful of new Milk.
Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs and flour gradually, and also the milk. Put in the fruit, and just before putting the cake in the oven add baking powder. Bake in quick oven for three-quarters to one hour.
Mrs. Smart.
Coffee Cake (1).
3 Eggs.
Alb. Caster Sugar.
3ozs. Flour.
1oz. Candied Peel.
Ground Cinnamon.
A few drops of Vanilla Essence.
1 teaspoonful of strong Coffee.
Baking Powder.
Break into a basin the eggs and add the sugar, vanilla essence, a pinch of ground cinnamon, and the coffee. Whip all these together over a pan of boiling water until the mixture is quite warm, then remove the basin and continue whipping until it becomes cold and thick. Then add the finely shred candied peel, a pinch of baking powder, and the flour, dried and sifted. Have a greased baking tin ready, line it with buttered paper, dust it with sugar and flour mixed together equally; pour in the mixture and bake for about 25 minutes. Turn out and leave till cold. It may be served plain or with coffee glace.
Coffee Glace.
6ozs. Caster Sugar.
2 dessert-spoonfuls Coffee, i dessert-spoonful hot Water.
Stir all together over the fire till quite smooth and warm, then pour over the cake and leave to set.
Miss Macpherson.
Coffee Cake (2).
2 Eggs.
Their weight in Butter, Sugar and Flour.
\ teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Pinch of Salt.
A little Milk.
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the eggs and other ingredients. Beat all well and bake in a slow oven.
Inside layer : —
20zs. Butter.
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