The Skilful Cook Part 84

The Skilful Cook Part 84

Rice Cake.


_Ingredients_--8 oz. of ground rice.


6 oz. of castor sugar.


4 eggs.


Grated rind of a lemon.


_Method._--Beat the eggs well with a whisk.


Mix in gradually the castor sugar and rice, and add the lemon rind.


Bake in a well-greased baking-tin in a quick oven for about one hour.


Cornflour Cake.


_Ingredients_-- lb. of cornflour.


lb. of castor sugar.


2 oz. of b.u.t.ter.


1 teaspoonful of baking powder.


2 eggs.


_Method._--Beat the b.u.t.ter to a cream.


Then mix in the sugar.


Add the two eggs, and beat all well together.


Lastly, stir in the cornflour and add the baking powder.


Put the mixture into a well-greased cake-tin, and bake for about three-quarters of an hour.


Scones.


_Ingredients_--1 lb. of flour.


2 oz. of castor sugar.


3 oz. of b.u.t.ter.


pint of milk.


2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, or oz. of cream of tartar, and 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda.


_Method._--Rub the b.u.t.ter into the flour.


Add the other dry ingredients.


Mix lightly with the milk.


Divide the dough into two pieces.


Make each piece into a ball.


Roll it out to about three-quarters of an inch in thickness.


Cut into triangular-shaped pieces.


Bake on a greased baking-tin for about twenty minutes.


Brush them over with a little white of egg or milk to glaze them.


Currant Cake.


_Ingredients_--10 oz. of flour.


lb. of currants.


lb. of sugar.


3 oz. of b.u.t.ter.


1 egg.


2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder.


pint of milk.


A little grated lemon rind.


_Method._--Rub the b.u.t.ter into the flour until like fine bread-crumbs.


Add the sugar and currants--the currants should be well washed and dried--also the baking powder and lemon rind.


Mix with the beaten egg and milk.


Bake it at once, in a greased cake-tin lined with paper, for one hour and a half.


Luncheon Cake.


_Ingredients_--1 lb. of flour.


4 oz. of b.u.t.ter, lard, or dripping.


lb. of sultanas.


lb. of currants.


6 oz. of sugar.


2 oz. of candied peel.


2 eggs.


Rather less than a pint of milk.


2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder.


1 oz. of lump sugar.


Grated lemon rind.


_Method._--Put the lump sugar in a saucepan and burn it brown.


Pour in the milk and stir until it is coloured.