The modern flour confectioner, wholesale and retail : containing a large collection of recipes for cheap cakes, biscuits, etc., with remarks on the ingredients used in their manufacture : to which are added recipes for dainties for the working-man's table / by Robert Wells.

  • Wells, Robert (Confectioner)
Date:
1891
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Credit: The modern flour confectioner, wholesale and retail : containing a large collection of recipes for cheap cakes, biscuits, etc., with remarks on the ingredients used in their manufacture : to which are added recipes for dainties for the working-man's table / by Robert Wells. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    143.—Plain Wheat Meal Plum Cake. Sift £ oz. of soda with 3 lbs. of granulated wheat meal into a basin ; add 8 ozs. of sugar, 6 ozs. of currants, 6 ozs. of raisins, ozs. of candied lemon. Put i oz. of muriatic acid in a little buttermilk; add this to the other ingredients; take sufficient milk to make all into a nice batter. Line some oval tins with greased paper, and bake in a brisk oven. This needs to be well soaked. 144.—Lemon Cheese, for Cheese Cakes. Take 1 lb. of castor sugar, the grated rind of 2 lemons and the strained juice, l lb. of butter, 6 eggs (leaving out the white of two). Let this simmer over the fire till it becomes as thick as honey; put it in a jar and tie it down with paper. It will keep for a month. 145.—Lemon Preserve. Take 1 lb. of crushed lump sugar, 6 eggs (leaving out the white of two), the juice of 3 lemons and the rinds of two grated. Put all these into a saucepan, and boil gently over a slow fire till they become thick. If properly made this will keep for twelve months. 146.—White Gingerbread Cake. Cream 8 ozs. of butter with 1 lb. of moist sugar, add 2 eggs, sift £ teaspoonful of powdered ammonia with 1 lb. of flour, mix with this 4 ozs. of drained peel cut and 1 oz. of ground ginger. Make all into a batter, and bake in small tins in a moderate oven. 147.—Cheap Common Simnel Cake. 2 lbs. of flour, 8 ozs. of butter, 8 ozs. of sugar, 2 lbs. of cur- rants, 4 ozs. of cut lemon, £ oz. of soda dissolved in a little