Soda Biscuits
INGREDIENTS for 3 dozen biscuits. -1 lb. of flour, lb. of pounded loaf sugar, 1/4 lb. of fresh butter, 2 eggs, 1 small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. AVERAGE COST, 10d.
Put the flour (which should be perfectly dry) into a basin, rub in the butter, add the sugar, and mix these ingredients well together. Whisk the eggs, stir them into the mixture, and beat it well until everything is well incorporated. Quickly stir in the soda, roll the paste out until it is about 1/2 inch thick, cut it into small round cakes SEASONABLE from November to February. with a tin cutter, and bake them from 12 Note. Ortolans are trussed and dressed in the same manner.
Snow Cake. INGREDIENTS for goodsized cake. lb. of tous-les-mois, lb. of white pounded sugar, lb. of fresh or washed salt butter, 1 egg, the juice of 1 lemon.
AVERAGE COST, 1s.
Beat the butter to a cream; then add the egg, previously well beaten, and then the other ingredients: if the mixture is not light, add another egg, and beat for hour, until it turns white and light. Line a flat tin with raised edges, with a sheet of buttered paper; pour in the cake and put it into the oven. It must be rather slow, and the cake not allowed to brown at all. If the oven is properly heated, 1 to 1 hour will be long enough to bake it. Let it cool a few minutes, then with a clean, sharp knife cut it into small square pieces, which should be gently removed to a large flat dish to cool before putting away. This will keep for several weeks.
TIME.-1 to 1 hour.
SEASONABLE at any time.
Snow Cake. (A genuine Scotch Recipe.) INGREDIENTS for a cake of moderate size.-1 lb. of arrowroot, 1/2 lb. of pounded white sugar, 1/2 lb. of butter, the whites of 6 eggs; flavouring to taste of essence of alkionds, or vanilla or lemon. AVERAGE COST, 2s. 3d.
Beat the butter to a cream; stir in the sugar and arrowroot gradually, at the same time beating the mixture. Whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add them to the to 18 minutes in rather a brisk oven. After the soda is added, great expedition is necessary in rolling and cutting out the paste and in putting the biscuits immediately into the oven, or they will be heavy.
TIME.-12 to 18 minutes.
SEASONABLE at any time.