The Skilful Cook Part 86

lb. of b.u.t.ter.

6 eggs.

gill of water.

_Method._--Boil the water and sugar to a syrup.

Pour when hot, but not boiling, on to the eggs and beat over hot water until light.

Melt the b.u.t.ter and stir it in very lightly with the flour.

Oil a mould and dust it with castor sugar.

Pour in the mixture, and bake from one hour and a half to two hours.

Buns.

_Ingredients_--16 oz. of flour.

oz. of yeast.

pint of milk.

2 oz. of sugar.

2 oz. of sultanas.

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

1 egg.

_Method._--Put ten ounces of the flour into a basin.

Mix the yeast smoothly with the milk, which should be made tepid.

Stir into the flour.

Beat for five minutes, and set to rise in a warm place for about two hours.

Then beat in the remainder of the flour, sultanas, sugar, b.u.t.ter, and the egg.

Set to rise for about two hours more.

Then form into buns.

Place them on a floured tin, and let them rise for ten minutes.

Bake in a very quick oven for about five minutes until nicely coloured.

Boil half an ounce of sugar with half a gill of water, and brush the buns over with this to glaze them.

Dough Cake.

_Ingredients_-- quartern of dough.

lb. of currants.

lb. of moist sugar.

lb. of clarified dripping.

_Method._--Put the dough into a basin.

Beat in the dripping, sugar, and currants.

These should be well washed and dried.

Place in a greased tin, and set to rise for one hour.

Bake in a moderate oven for two hours.

Candied-peel Drops.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of flour.

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

3 oz. of candied peel.

Grated rind of a lemon.

1 egg.

A little milk.

One teaspoonful of baking powder.

3 oz. of sugar.

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

Add the sugar, grated lemon rind, baking powder, and the candied peel chopped small.

Mix with the egg, well beaten, and the milk.

Put it in little heaps on a greased baking-tin.

Bake in a quick oven for about fifteen minutes.

Shrewsbury Cakes.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of b.u.t.ter.

lb. of castor sugar.

6 oz. of flour.

1 egg.

_Method._--Cream the b.u.t.ter and sugar.

Add to them the egg, well beaten.

Then stir in the flour.

Knead it to a dough.