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Rice Cakes, Rich

No. 1.--Beat half a pound of fresh butter to a cream. Break ten eggs into a separate bowl, and whisk them thoroughly. Mix with them half a pound of powdered sugar flavoured with the rind of two lemons, half a pound of rice-flour, and the creamed butter. Turn the mixture into a buttered tin, and bake in a well-heated oven. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. No. 2.--Beat first separately, and afterwards together, the yolks and whites of twelve eggs. Add twelve ounces of ground rice, four ounces of flour, one pound of powdered sugar, and any flavouring that may be preferred. Beat the mixture thoroughly, and bake as above. Probable cost, 2s. No. 3.--Beat four ounces of fresh butter to a cream. Add four ounces of powdered sugar, the yolks of four well-beaten eggs, and gradually, four ounces of ground rice and the grated rind of half a lemon. Whisk the whites of two eggs to a firm froth. Add them to the other ingredients, beat the mixture rapidly for twenty minutes, and bake in a quick oven. If liked, the butter may be omitted, and the cake will then be particularly suitable for an invalid. These ingredients will make a small cake. Probable cost, 1s. 1d. No. 4.--Beat the yolks of eight eggs thoroughly, and mix with them one pound and a quarter of powdered sugar. Mix nine ounces of ground rice with nine ounces of dried flour, add this in small quantities at a time to the sugar and eggs, and beat the mixture between every addition. At least half an hour should be occupied with putting in the flour and beating the cake. Add the whites of the eggs beaten to snow, the peel of a lemon finely shredded, and a dessert-spoonful of lemon-juice. Beat the cake a quarter of an hour longer, and bake in a well-heated oven. Probable cost, 1s. 8d. No. 5.--Beat the yolks of twelve eggs and the whites of eight. Add a few drops of almond flavouring, and beat in three-quarters of a pound of powdered sugar and one pound of ground rice. Beat the mixture till it is smooth and light, put it into a buttered tin, and bake in a quick oven. Probable cost, 1s. 8d. Time, according to size. When a skewer can be pushed to the bottom of the cake in the centre and be brought out clean and dry, the cake is done enough.