The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie

A great Victorian hostess's private recipe collection, gathered from the cooks, ambassadors and country houses of a lifetime — never meant for publication, and published after her death exactly as she kept it, attributions and all.

Dessert Cakes

7 recipes in this part of The Cookery Book of Lady Clark.

Rusks (Make them just before dinner)

Make them just before dinner - if kept they lose their crispness. 1½ lb. flour, ½ lb. fresh butter, 1½ lb. castor sugar, 4 eggs. Warm the…

Scones

(N.B. - The "Girdle" many scones are cooked on is a round flat plate of iron with a handle across it. They can be had at the Army and Navy…

Tea-Cakes

Mix, over-night, 2 qts. of milk, 3 tablespoonfuls of yeast, a teaspoonful of salt and some flour to make a batter; leave it to rise. Next…

Tea-Cakes (Butter the size of an egg)

of butter the size of an egg, a little pounded sugar (4 lumps), a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoonfuls of brewer's yeast, or better still 1 oz…

Baking Powder, Barm and Yeast (Note From the many recipes)

Note. - From the many recipes for yeast, baking powder, and barm collected by Lady Clark, the following are selected for the use of those…

Baking Powder, Barm and Yeast (Cover and it will be fit)

cover, and it will be fit for use in 6 hours. The bottle or jar in which the barm is kept must not be corked for some hours, and then only…

Baking Powder, Barm and Yeast

Home-made Yeast. No. 2. (Lady James Murray.) Boil 12 oz. of hops 2 minutes in 3 qts. of water, strain the liquor while it is quite boiling…

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