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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.
