A recipe for making wholemeal cake. – 1 lb. of wholemeal, 4 oz. of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon, 1 breakfastcupful of currants and sultanas mixed, well-washed and picked over, 3 oz. of chopped sweet almonds, 1 dozen ground bitter almonds, 3 eggs, 1/4 oz. of German yeast, 1/4 lb. Vegebutter, and some warm milk. …
A recipe for making white fruit cake – Which is commonly called the Bride’s Cake. Eight ounces of creamery butter, Two cupfuls of sugar. Cream together until frothy and like snow, and then add, one at a time, six eggs, then add Five cupfuls of sifted flour, Two level tablespoonfuls baking powder, One cupful of …
A recipe for making white cake – Sift together, three times, the following: 1 cup of flour. 1 cup of sugar (granulated). 3 even teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Scald one cup of milk and pour hot over the above mixture. Beat well. Fold into the mixture, carefully, the stiffly beaten whites of 2 eggs. Flavor …
A recipe for making sunshine cake – Beat yolks of five eggs lightly, add one teaspoon of vanilla, or grated rind of one lemon. In another bowl beat seven whites to a froth with a scant one-half teaspoon of cream of tartar, then beat until whites are very stiff. Gradually add one cup of granulated …
A recipe for making squash cakes – Wash and cut the squash into pieces and then cook until tender in boiling water, then drain and rub pulp through sieve. Now measure and place in a bowl One cup of prepared squash, One well-beaten egg, One tablespoon of shortening, One-half cup of milk, One and one-half …
A recipe for making sponge cake – Take eight eggs, one pound of granulated sugar, grated rind of a lemon, and six ounces of fine matzoth-meal. Beat the eggs, sugar and lemon rind together until very light, to about the thickness of a custard, then add the meal, stirring it in without much beating. Bake …
A recipe for making sponge cake – 6 oz. fine wheatmeal, 1/2 lb. castor sugar, 4 eggs, any flavouring to taste. Beat up the eggs, sift in the sugar, then the flour, and bake the mixture in a well-greased cake tin in a moderate oven from 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
A recipe for making sponge cake two eggs – Place in mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of sugar, Yolks of two eggs. Cream well and then add Four tablespoonfuls water, One cup of flour, Two teaspoonfuls baking powder, Pinch salt. Beat to mix, then cut and fold in stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in …
A recipe for making sponge cake three eggs – Place in a mixing bowl One cup of sugar, Yolks of three eggs. Cream until light lemon color, then add Six tablespoonfuls cold water, One and one-quarter cups flour, Two teaspoonfuls baking powder, Pinch salt Beat just enough to mix. Then cut and fold in the …
A recipe for making sour milk pancakes – Mash fine and dissolve one level teaspoon of baking-soda in three cups of sour milk; beat one egg well; then put in a little salt and one-half cup of flour; stir in the milk, make a smooth batter, and last stir in one tablespoon of syrup. Bake …
A recipe for making small pound cake – Four ounces of butter, One cupful of sugar. Place in a warm bowl and cream until light and frothy; now add yolks of four eggs and beat well for ten minutes, then add Three cupfuls of flour, Four level teaspoonfuls baking powder, One cupful of milk, One …
A recipe for making seed cake – 1/2 lb. fine wholemeal flour, 6 oz. butter, 6 oz. castor sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 oz. carraway seeds. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs well beaten, and dredge in the flour, add a little cold water it too dry. Bake for 1/2 an …
A recipe for making russian tea cakes – Mix one cup of sugar, one cup of eggs (about five), and one cup of sour cream with enough flour to roll. Toss on board, roll out one-fourth inch thick, spread with a thin layer of butter, fold the dough over, roll and spread again; repeat three …
A recipe for making purim cakes – Take two cups of flour, one tablespoon of sugar, add four eggs and two tablespoons of oil; knead all these together, roll out not very thin, cut in squares, close two sides, prick with a fork so they will not blister; put on tins and bake well. Then …
A recipe for making prune cake (kuchen) – Line one or two plates with a thin roll of kuchen dough and let it rise again in the pans which have been heavily greased. Have some prunes boiled very soft, take out the kernels, mash them until like mush, sweeten to taste, add cinnamon and grated …
A recipe for making prince of wales cakes – 1/4 lb. Flour. 1/4 lb. Cornflour. 1 gill Milk. 1/2 teaspoonful Baking Powder. 2 oz. Butter. 1 Egg. Flavouring. 2 oz. Sugar. Time–20 Minutes. Mix the flour, cornflour, and baking powder together, beat the butter and sugar to a cream, beat in the egg, flavouring, and …
A recipe for making plain cake. – 2-1/2 lbs. meal, 1 breakfastcupful sultanas, 1 oz. ground bitter almonds, 3 oz. chopped sweet almonds, 2 eggs, 3 oz. butter or 1/2 teacupful of oil, 6 oz. sugar and 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1/4 oz. yeast, milk to moisten the cake. Dissolve the yeast in a cup of …
A recipe for making peach shortcake – Make a sponge cake batter of four eggs, one cup of pulverized sugar, a pinch of salt and one cup of flour. Beat the eggs with the sugar until very light. Beat until the consistency of dough and add the grated peel of a lemon, and last the …
A recipe for making one egg cake – Cream one-fourth cup of butter with one-half cup of sugar, add sugar gradually, and one egg, well-beaten. Mix and sift one and one-half cups of flour and two and one-half teaspoons of baking-powder, add the sifted flour alternately with one-half cup of milk to the first mixture; …
A recipe for making nutmeg cakes (pfeffernuesse) – Sift one pound of flour and one pound of pulverized sugar into a large bowl, four eggs, a piece of citron grated or chopped very fine, also the peel of a lemon, one whole nutmeg grated, one tablespoon of ground cinnamon, one-half teaspoon of ground cloves, and …