3/4 lb. Flour, 1 Egg, 6 fl. oz. Milk, 1 tablespoonful Yeast, 1/2 tablespoonful Sugar, and 1 oz. Butter. Rub the butter and flour together, make a well in the centre, sprinkle in the sugar, and drop in the egg. Mix the yeast and sugar in a basin, make the milk just tepid, and pour …
Four ounces of butter, One and one-half cups of sugar. Cream until light and frothy, and then add One cupful of milk, Three and one-half cupfuls of flour, Four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, One teaspoonful of almond extract, One-half teaspoonful of mace. Beat for five minutes to blend and then cut and fold in the …
Cream three-quarters cup of butter and one and one-quarter cups of sugar very well. Stop stirring, pour one-half cup of cold water on top of butter mixture and whites of eight eggs slightly beaten on top of water; do not stir, add one teaspoon of vanilla. Sift two and one-half cups of pastry flour, measure, …
Place in a mixing bowl One and one-half cups of molasses, One cup of shortening, One cup of quince or peach preserves, One cup of finely chopped nuts, Three-quarters cup of finely chopped candied orange peel, One-half cup of finely chopped candied lemon peel, Three cups of seeded raisins, One tablespoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon …
Cream the yolks of six eggs with one cup of granulated sugar. Add three-fourths cup of sifted chocolate, three-fourths cup of flour (sifted twice), one and one-half teaspoon of vanilla. Add the beaten whites. Bake thirty minutes. When cold; cut in half and fill with the following: One cup of milk, yolks of two eggs, …
Place in a stew-pan the following ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar. 1 cup cold water. 2 cups seeded raisins. 1/3 cup sweet lard, or a mixture of lard and butter. 1/4 grated nutmeg. 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon. 1/2 teaspoonful ground cloves. Pinch of salt. Boil all together three minutes. When cold add I teaspoonful of soda …
A recipe for making two layer cake – Place in bowl One and one-half cups of sugar, Yolks of two eggs. Cream, then add One-half cup of shortening, Cream again, then add Three cups of flour, Two level tablespoons baking powder, One teaspoonful flavoring, One cup of water or milk. Beat just enough to mix, …
Make sure the oven is in condition, it can better wait for the cake than the other way around. Sponge cakes require a slow oven; layer cakes a hot oven, and loaf cakes with butter a moderate oven. Never look after your cake until it has been in the oven ten minutes. If cake is …
A recipe for making tipsy cake – 12 small sponge cakes, 1/2 lb. jam, 1 pint of custard made with custard powder. Soak the sponge cakes in a little raisin wine, arrange them on a deep glass dish in four layers, spread a little jam on each layer and pour the custard round, decorate the …
1 lb. granulated sugar. 1 cup butter. 1 cup milk. 4 eggs. 1 lb. chopped raisins. (Citron may be used instead of raisins.) 1/2 a nutmeg, grated. 5 scant cups of flour. 5 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix together same as ordinary cake and bake in a loaf. A couple of tablespoonfuls of brandy will improve …
1 lb. Flour. 1/2 pint Milk. 2 oz. Butter. 1 Egg. 2 teaspoonsful Baking Powder 1 teaspoonful Sugar. Time–20 Minutes. Rub the butter into the flour, stir in the sugar and baking powder. Beat up the egg and milk, and mix the dry ingredients into a dough with them; divide into two pieces and form …
Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of brown sugar, Two cups of flour, One teaspoon of salt, Two tablespoons of baking powder, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon of ginger, One-half teaspoon of cloves, One-half cup of cocoa. Sift to mix and then rub in One-half cup of shortening and One cup of syrup, …
Cook and then peel and mash sufficient sweet potatoes to measure two cupfuls. Place in a bowl and then add Two tablespoons of butter, Two tablespoons of finely minced parsley, Two tablespoons of finely minced red pepper, Six strips of bacon, minced fine and nicely browned. Mould into flat cakes and roll in flour and …
1 cup granulated sugar. Whites of 7 small fresh eggs and 5 yolks. 2/3 cup of flour, or scant cup of flour. 1/3 teaspoonful cream of tartar and a pinch of salt. Beat the yolks of eggs thoroughly, then beat the whites about half; add cream of tartar and beat until very stiff. Stir in …
4 eggs. 1 pound sifted pulverized sugar 2 quarts flour, sifted twice. 2 small teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat whites and yolks of eggs separately, mix with sugar and beat well. Add flour until you have a smooth dough. Roll out pieces of dough, which should be half an inch thick. Press the dough on a …
This spice cake is economical, easy to make and delicious. Cream one cup of brown sugar and one-half cup of butter (or a little less of any butter substitute). Add one-half teaspoon of ground cloves and ground cinnamon, one cup of sour milk; one teaspoon of baking-soda, two cups of flour and one cup of …
A recipe for making sour cream molasses cake – 1/2 cup molasses. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup thick sour cream. 1/2 cup sour milk. 1/2 cup finely chopped peanuts. 1 egg. 1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in little hot water. 2-3/4 cups flour. 1 cup seeded raisins. Mix together like ordinary cake. Bake in a fruit …
A recipe for making soda cake – 1 lb. Flour. 1/2 lb. Currants. 1/2 lb. Sugar. 6 oz. Dripping 1 1/2 teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda 1/2 pint Milk. Time–Two Hours. Rub the dripping and the flour together; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with …
Cream together 1-1/2 cups of light brown sugar, 1/2 cup of lard and butter, mixed, and the yolk of one egg. Add 1/2 cup of hot water and 3/4 teaspoonful of saleratus (baking soda) dissolved in a little boiling water; add 2-1/2 cups of oatmeal the stiffly beaten white of egg and 2-1/2 cups of …
A recipe for making small mohn cakes – Roll coffee cake dough out quite thin, spread with melted butter (a brush is best for this purpose). Let it rise a little while, then sprinkle well with one cup of sugar, add one-half pound of ground poppy seed moistened with one-half cup of water, cut into …