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 …
A recipe for making strawberry shortcake with matzoth-meal – Beat until very light the yolks of four eggs and three-quarters of a cup sugar; add rind of one-half lemon, a pinch of salt, one-half cup of sifted matzoth meal, and last the stiffly-beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in two shallow square pans in a …
A recipe for making strawberry shortcake (biscuit dough) – Mix two cups of flour, four teaspoons of baking-powder, one-half teaspoon of salt, one tablespoon of sugar; work one-quarter cup of butter with tips of fingers, and add three-quarters of a cup of milk gradually. Toss on floured board, divide in two parts. Pat, roll out …
A recipe for making sponge cake one egg – Place in mixing bowl One-half cup sugar, Yolk of one egg, One tablespoon butter. Cream well, then add Three tablespoons water, Two-thirds cup of flour, One teaspoon baking powder, Pinch salt. Beat to mix, then fold in the stiffly beaten white of one egg; bake in …
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 …
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 …
A recipe for making small fruit cake – Place in a mixing bowl One-half cup of seeded raisins, One-half cup of finely chopped nuts, One-half cup of finely chopped citron, One-half cup of finely chopped apricots, One cup of syrup, One-half cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of shortening, One-half cup of cold coffee, One …
A recipe for making small belsnickel christmas cakes – 2 cups “A” sugar. Pinch of salt. 1 cup melted butter. 1 teaspoonful baking soda. 4 eggs. About 3 cups of flour. Mix in just enough flour so the cake dough may be rolled out quite thin on a floured board, using as little flour as …
A recipe for making seed cake – 1 lb. Flour. 6 oz. Dripping 6 oz. Sugar. 1 1/2 teaspoonsful Caraway Seeds. 1 Egg. 2 teaspoonsful Baking Powder 1 gill Milk or Water. Time–One Hour and a Half. Sift the flour into a basin and rub in the dripping; carefully stir in the sugar, baking powder, …
A recipe for making roll jelly cake – 1 cup granulated sugar. 1-1/4 cups flour. 4 egg yolks. Pinch of salt. 1/2 cup boiling water. 1 large teaspoonful baking powder. The yolks of eggs left from making “Pennsylvania Dutch Kisses” may be used for this cake by the addition of an extra yolk of egg. …
A recipe for making rice cheesecakes – 2 oz. rice, 1 gill water, 1 oz. of grated cheese, seasoning, a pinch of nutmeg, 1 egg, a little wheatmeal, and some vege-butter, or butter. Cook the rice in the water until quite dry and soft, mix the egg–well beaten–seasoning, and cheese with the rice, and form …
A recipe for making rice cakes. 4 eggs, 1/2 lb. sugar, 6 oz. ground rice, lemon or almond flavouring. Beat the eggs a little, add the sugar and flour, and beat well; pour into a tin mould, greased and warmed, only half filling it, and bake in a moderate oven 1 hour.
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 …