Cooking for Two

A handbook for two at table, 1909 — Janet MacKenzie Hill scales the whole art of cookery down to the newlywed kitchen.

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake

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Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake

To do anything well it must be done often. With nothing in the line of cooking is this more true than with cake-making, and especially that…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Ingredients

INGREDIENTS USED IN CAKE-MAKING Pastry flour, on account of its whiteness and smoothness and the quality of its gluten content, is better…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Sponge

CREAM SPONGE CAKE 1 1/2 cups of sifted flour 1/4 teaspoonful of salt 2 level teaspoonfuls of baking 2 large eggs powder Thick sweet cream 1…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Whites

WHITE LAYER CAKE 1/2 cup of butter 3 level teaspoonfuls of baking 1 cup of sugar powder 1/2 cup of milk Whites of 3 eggs, beaten dry 2 cups…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Yolks

MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE 1/3 cup of butter 1 3/4 teaspoonfuls of baking 1/2 cup of sugar powder Yolks of 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoonful cinnamon 1/2…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Cakes

ROXBURY CAKES Yolks of 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoonful of cloves 1/2 cup of sugar Grating of nutmeg 1/4 cup of butter, softened 1 teaspoonful of…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Beat

TEA PRETZELS Beat one-third a cup of butter to a cream; gradually beat in one-fourth a cup of sugar, then one egg, beaten without…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Cream

WAFER JUMBLES 1/2 cup of butter Grated yellow rind of 1 lemon 1/3 cup of sugar (granulated) or 1 egg beaten light (not sepa- 1 teaspoonful…

Flour Mixtures Continued: Cake: Bake

HONEY DROP COOKIES 1/2 cup of butter The whites of 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup of granulated sugar dry 1 cup of honey 3 cups of sifted flour…

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