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.