Part 88 (1/2)

Grated rind of one lemon and juice of two.

1 egg.

A little milk.

1 teaspoonful of baking powder.

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

Add the sugar, baking-powder, lemon rind, and juice.

Mix with the egg, well beaten, and as much milk as necessary; the mixture should be very stiff.

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

Bake in a quick oven for about fifteen minutes.

Soda Cakes.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of flour.

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

3 oz. of sugar.

1 oz. of candied peel.

Grated rind of a lemon.

1 whole egg.

If necessary, a little milk.

a teaspoonful of carbonate soda.

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

Add the sugar, peel, lemon rind, and soda.

Mix with the egg, well beaten, and, if necessary, a little milk; the mixture must be very stiff.

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

Bake in a quick oven for fifteen minutes.

Gingerbread Cakes.

_Ingredients_--1 lb. of flour.

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

1 oz. of ground ginger.

4 oz. of moist sugar.

lb. of treacle.

_Method._--Put the sugar, treacle, and fat into a saucepan, and melt them.

Put the flour and ginger into a basin.