CAKES

PERFECTION POTATO CAKES

1 cup of boiled mashed potatoes. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 cup water in which 1 yeast cake was dissolved. 2 cups soft A sugar. 1/2 cup butter and lard mixed. 2 eggs. A little salt. About 7 cups of flour. Cream the sugar, butter and eggs together. Add mashed potatoes, milk and cup of …

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ORANGE CAKES

6 oz. of wholemeal flour, 3 oz. butter, 4 oz. sugar, grate in the rind of 1 small orange, and mix all well together. Beat 1 egg, and stir in with the juice of the orange and sufficient buttermilk to make a smooth, thick batter. Half fill small greased tins with this mixture, and bake …

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LENTIL CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making lentil cakes. – 2 oz. of picked and washed Egyptian lentils, 1 small finely chopped and fried onion, 1 dessertspoonful of cold boiled vermicelli, 1 egg, some breadcrumbs, seasoning to taste. Stew the lentils with the onion in just enough water to cover them; when cooked, they should be a thick …

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INDIAN GRIDDLE CAKES

One cupful cornmeal, One cupful flour, One teaspoonful salt, Three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, Two tablespoonfuls of syrup, One tablespoonful shortening, One egg, One and one-quarter cups of milk. Beat hard to mix and then bake on a hot griddle.

HONEY CORN CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making honey corn cakes – Boil one pound of pure honey. Take one pound of cornmeal mixed with a little ground allspice, cloves, and pepper, add the boiled honey, make a loose batter, add one wineglass of brandy; mix all, and cool. Wet the hands with cold water, take pieces of the …

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HONEY CAKES

One cup of honey, One-half cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of shortening. Cream well and then add Yolks of three eggs, Four cups of sifted flour, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One-half teaspoon of nutmeg, One-half teaspoon of salt, One and one-half teaspoons of baking soda, dissolved in, One cup of sour milk. Beat to …

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HONEY CAKES

Three eggs, not separated, beaten with one cup of sugar, one cup of honey, one cup of blanched almonds chopped finely, one teaspoon each of allspice, cloves, and cinnamon, one cup of chocolate and flour enough to make a thick batter; one teaspoon of baking-soda. Spread very thin on square, buttered pans, bake in a …

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ENGLISH SEED CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making english seed cakes – Three-quarters cup of sugar, One egg, Five tablespoons of shortening, Two cups of flour, Four teaspoons of baking powder, Three-quarters cup of milk, Two tablespoonfuls of caraway seeds. Place in a mixing bowl and beat to mix. Pour into a well-greased pan and place the following mixture …

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DROP CAKES

Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of sugar, Yolks of two eggs. Cream and then add Four tablespoonfuls of shortening, One and one-half cups of flour, Three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, Stiffly-beaten whites of two eggs. Drop by the spoonful three inches apart on well-greased and floured baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven.

CRUMB CORN CAKES

One pint of stale bread crumbs (not fine, dried crumbs), covered with 1 pint of sour milk. Let stand over night. In the morning add 1 tablespoon of butter, yolks of 2 eggs and a little salt, 1/2 teaspoon of salaratus (good measure), 3/4 cup of granulated corn meal, to which add a couple of …

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CRISP OATMEAL CAKES

1 lb. of oatmeal, 2 oz. of butter or oil (1 tablespoonful of oil is 1 oz.), 1 gill of cold milk. Make a dough of the butter, meal, and milk; shake meal plentifully on the board, turn the dough on to it, and having sprinkled this too with meal, work it a little with …

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COCONUT ROCK CAKES

1 lb. of fine wholemeal flour, 6 oz. of desiccated coconut, 3 oz. of butter, 3 eggs, a little cold milk, 6 oz. castor sugar. Rub the butter into the meal, add the sugar, coconut, and the well-beaten eggs. Mix, and add only just enough milk to make the mixture keep together. Put small lumps …

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CHEESE CAKES

1 pint Sour Milk. 2 Eggs. 1/2 lb. Flaky Pastry. 2 oz. Sugar Flavouring. Time–15 Minutes. Pour the milk through a sieve and use only the thick curd which does not run through into the basin; beat in the sugar, yolks of the eggs, and flavouring to taste. Roll our some flaky pastry and line …

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