jib. Icing Sugar.
Juice of 1 Orange.
Mix and pour over the cake when cold. If double
quantities of the above are used, bake the mixture
in two tins. Put a layer of icing between the cakes,
as well as over the top. Mrs. II. P. Cox.
Paradise Cake.
jib. Butter,
jib. Sugar,
jib. Cornflour.
4 Eggs.
1 Lemon.✪ Paradise Cake
Clarify the butter and let it cool; beat to a cream;
stir in the yolks and pounded sugar and beat well;
add the grated rind and juice of the lemon and the
whites of the eggs well beaten, and lastly the flour.
Bake quickly in a flat tin. Miss Barry.
Parkin (1).
3jlbs. line Oatmeal.
1 lb. brown Sugar.
3jlbs. Golden Syrup.
1 lb. Butter,
ioz. Ginger.
1 tablespoonful Baking Powder and a little Salt.
Almonds if desired.
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Make the
butter, sugar, and treacle hot, and then work all
together, beating well. Pour into two large tins,
bake in a moderate oven, and cut when half cold.
This is much improved by keeping, and should be
made at least a fortnight before it is required.
Miss Phyllis Attenborough.
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Parkin (2).
4lbs. Oatmeal.
3lbs. Treacle.,
jib. Butter.
^lb. Sugar.
\oz. Ginger.
2 teaspconfuls of Carbonate of Soda or Baking Powder.
Bake in a tin about i£ inches in depth, in a rather
cool oven, hotter to begin with than afterwards.
It should be a rich, dark colour when done.
Miss S.
Pink Cake.
• 2ozs. Butter.
20zs. Sugar.
ioz. fine Flour.
i Egg-
x small teaspoonful Baking Powder.
i packet Raspberry Blancmange Powder.
Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar and some
of the flour (having first mixed the pink powder and
flour together), then add the eggs well beaten, the
rest of the flour and the baking powder. Bake in
round, shallow tins. This quantity makes four
rounds. Spread raspberry jam on two of them,
turn the others on to them and cut across several
times.
N.B. — Do not bake them till they are crisp; they
should be rather soft.
F. Austin.
Pitcaithly Bannock.
40ZS. fresh Butter.
40ZS. salt Butter.
120ZS. Flour.
40ZS. Rice Flour.
20ZS. minced Almonds (blanched).
20zs. minced Orange Peel.
40zs. sifted Sugar.
Rub all together into a smooth dough, form into a
round cake at least one inch thick. Prick on the
top with a fork, pinch round the edge. Ornament
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with comfits or peel, and bake a pretty brown in a
moderate oven. Eat when quite cold. Mrs. Bell.
Plum Cake.
ilb. Flour,
ilb. ground Rice,
ilb. Butter,
ilb. Caster Sugar,
ilb. Sultanas.
30ZS. Lemon Peel.
2 Eggs.
A little Sugar.
Flavouring of Essence of Lemon, Almond or Vanilla.✪ Plum Cake
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs well
beaten; add flour, sultanas, ground rice, peel, and
flavouring. Bake in moderate oven.
Miss Phyllis Attenborough.
Plain Soda Cake.
ilb. Flour.
Pinch of Salt.
6ozs. Fat (Butter or Dripping).
40ZS. Sugar.
2 Eggs,
ipt. Milk.
40ZS. Currants.
1 small teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda.
Grease a tin and see to oven, and get all ingredients.
Rub fat well into flour, then add sugar and cleaned
currants; sprinkle in the soda. Beat eggs well, add
milk and mix cake, not making it too wet. Put
mixture in tin, put at once in moderate oven, and
bake from two to three hours. Miss M. V. Palmer.
Raspberry Cake.
30ZS. Butter.
40ZS. Caster Sugar.
6ozs. Flour.
1 teaspoonful of Paisley Flour or Baking Powder.
3 Eggs. ✪ Raspberry Cake
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1/2 lb. Icing Sugar.
Juice of 1 Orange.
Mix and pour over the cake when cold. If double quantities of the above are used, bake the mixture in two tins. Put a layer of icing between the cakes, as well as over the top. Mrs. II. P. Cox.
Paradise Cake.
1/2 lb. Butter, 1/2 lb. Sugar, 1/2 lb. Cornflour.
4 Eggs.
1 Lemon.
Clarify the butter and let it cool; beat to a cream; stir in the yolks and pounded sugar and beat well; add the grated rind and juice of the lemon and the whites of the eggs well beaten, and lastly the flour. Bake quickly in a flat tin. Miss Barry.
Parkin (1).
3 1/2 lbs. fine Oatmeal.
1 lb. brown Sugar.
3 1/2 lbs. Golden Syrup.
1 lb. Butter, 1 oz. Ginger.
1 tablespoonful Baking Powder and a little Salt. Almonds if desired.
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Make the butter, sugar, and treacle hot, and then work all together, beating well. Pour into two large tins, bake in a moderate oven, and cut when half cold. This is much improved by keeping, and should be made at least a fortnight before it is required.
Miss Phyllis Attenborough.
Parkin (2).
4 lbs. Oatmeal.
3 lbs. Treacle, 1/2 lb. Butter.
1/4 lb. Sugar.
1/2 oz. Ginger.
2 teaspoonfuls of Carbonate of Soda or Baking Powder. Bake in a tin about i£ inches in depth, in a rather cool oven, hotter to begin with than afterwards. It should be a rich, dark colour when done.
Miss S.
Pink Cake.
2 ozs. Butter.
2 ozs. Sugar.
1 oz. fine Flour.
1 Egg, 1 small teaspoonful Baking Powder.
i packet Raspberry Blancmange Powder.
Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar and some of the flour (having first mixed the pink powder and flour together), then add the eggs well beaten, the rest of the flour and the baking powder. Bake in round, shallow tins. This quantity makes four rounds. Spread raspberry jam on two of them, turn the others on to them and cut across several times.
N.B. — Do not bake them till they are crisp; they should be rather soft.
F. Austin.
Pitcaithly Bannock.
4 ozs. fresh Butter.
4 ozs. salt Butter.
12 ozs. Flour.
4 ozs. Rice Flour.
2 ozs. minced Almonds (blanched).
2 ozs. minced Orange Peel.
4 ozs. sifted Sugar.
Rub all together into a smooth dough, form into a round cake at least one inch thick. Prick on the top with a fork, pinch round the edge. Ornament
with comfits or peel, and bake a pretty brown in a moderate oven. Eat when quite cold. Mrs. Bell.
Plum Cake.
1/2 lb. Flour, 1/2 lb. ground Rice, 1/2 lb. Butter, 1/2 lb. Caster Sugar, 1/2 lb. Sultanas.
3 ozs. Lemon Peel.
2 Eggs.
A little Sugar.
Flavouring of Essence of Lemon, Almond or Vanilla. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs well beaten; add flour, sultanas, ground rice, peel, and flavouring. Bake in moderate oven.
Miss Phyllis Attenborough.
Plain Soda Cake.
1/2 lb. Flour.
Pinch of Salt.
6 ozs. Fat (Butter or Dripping).
4 ozs. Sugar.
2 Eggs, 1 pt. Milk.
4 ozs. Currants.
1 small teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda.
Grease a tin and see to oven, and get all ingredients. Rub fat well into flour, then add sugar and cleaned currants; sprinkle in the soda. Beat eggs well, add milk and mix cake, not making it too wet. Put mixture in tin, put at once in moderate oven, and bake from two to three hours. Miss M. V. Palmer.
Raspberry Cake.
3 ozs. Butter.
4 ozs. Caster Sugar.
6 ozs. Flour.
1 teaspoonful of Paisley Flour or Baking Powder.
3 Eggs.
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