Meatless Cookery

Published as America rationed meat for the war, this is a whole cuisine built without it — nut roasts and cheese soufflés, dasheen and okra soups, vegetable gelatine, and a chapter on what to do with the whites of eggs.

Cakes

10 recipes in this part of Meatless Cookery.

Apple Sauce Cake

1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 cup raisins 1 cup apple sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 cups flour 1/2…

Light Fruit Cake

1 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup milk 1 cup raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon soda 4 teaspoons baking powder Cream…

Almond Cake

4 ounces of ground almonds 4 ounces of butter 4 ounces of Albene or oil 6 ounces of flour 1 ounce of citron 1 teaspoon of baking powder 3…

Almond and Honey Cakes

1 pound of flour 1 pound of honey 6 ounces of ground almonds 1 teaspoon of powdered cloves 1 1/2 teaspoons carbonate of soda 3 ounces of…

Yorkshire Cake

2 ounces of flour 2 ounces of butter 2 ounces of ground rice 2 ounces of sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder Very little milk Mix the butter and…

Roxbury Cakes

3 1/2 cups pastry flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter 3/4 cup raisins 1/2 cup milk 1 3/4 cups flour 1/2 cup molasses Nutmeg 1/2 cup English…

Cheese Cakes (Quart of milk Rennet ounce)

1 quart of milk Rennet 1 ounce of sugar A speck of nutmeg 1 1/2 ounces of butter 1 ounce of dried currants or small raisins Warm the milk…

Cheese Gingerbread No. 1

1 cup of molasses 4 ounces of cheese 1 teaspoon of soda 2 cups of flour 2 teaspoons of ginger 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 cup of water Heat…

Cheese Gingerbread No. 2

1/2 cup of molasses 1/2 cup of sugar 4 ounces of cheese 2 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of soda 2 teaspoons ginger 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3/4 cup…

Almond Biscuits

2 ounces of almonds 2 ounces flour 1/2 ounce sugar 1 tablespoon of milk Blanch the almonds, and put them through a nut mill twice; mix well…

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