Cake, Economical
INGREDI- ENTS.-1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of sugar, 1/4 lb. of butter or lard, 1/2 lb. of currants, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, the whites of 4 eggs, In making many sweet dishes, the whites of eggs are not required, and if well beaten and added to the above ingredients, make an excellent cake with or without currants.
Beat the butter to a cream, well whisk the whites of the eggs, and stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the CAKE-MOULD. oven. When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the soda, put the cake into a buttered mould, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1½ hour.
TIME.-1 hour.
Cake, Good Holiday. INGREDI- ENTS for large cake.-1d.-worth of Borwick's German baking-powder, 2 lbs. of flour, 6 oz. of butter, lb. of lard, 1 lb. of currants, 1/2 lb. of stoned and cut raisins, tb. of mixed candied peel, lb. of moist sugar, 3 eggs, pint of cold milk. AVER- AGE COST, 2s. 7d.
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CAKE, LUNCHEON.
Mix the baking-powder with the flour; then rub in the butter and lard; have ready the currants, washed, picked, and dried, the raisins stoned and cut into small pieces (not chopped), and the peel cut into neat slices.
Add these with the sugar to the flour, &c., and mix all the dry ingredients well to MADEIRA CAKE. gether. Whisk the eggs, stir to them the milk, and with this liquid moisten the cake; beat it up well, that all may be very thoroughly mixed; line a cake tin with buttered paper, put in the cake, and bake it from 21 to 24 hours in a good oven. To ascertain when it is done, plunge a clean knife into the middle of it, and if, on withdrawing it, the knife looks clean, and not sticky, the cake is done. To prevent it burning at the top, a piece of of clean clean paper may be put over whilst the cake is soaking, or being thoroughly cooked in the middle. A steamer, such as is used for steaming potatoes, makes a very good cake tin, if it be lined at the bottom and sides with buttered paper.
TIME.-24 to 24 hours.
SEASONABLE at any time.