The afternoon tea book : how to make tea, coffee, chocolate, cakes, scones, rolls, sandwiches, cooling drinks, and ices / by Agnes C. Maitland.

  • Maitland, Agnes C. (Agnes Catherine), 1849-1906.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1910]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The afternoon tea book : how to make tea, coffee, chocolate, cakes, scones, rolls, sandwiches, cooling drinks, and ices / by Agnes C. Maitland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    157- tiucftisb BeliGbt. Ingredients. I lb. of loaf sugar. J pint of water. 1 teaspoonful of lemon-juice. 2 oz. of confectioners’ starch. A little rose-water. Carmine colouring. Boil the sugar, water, lemon-juice, and rose-water to 2 20°. Then mix the starch with a little cold water smoothly, and strain it in; let it boil until quite thick. Pour half into a well-oiled tin; colour the remainder with carmine, and pour into another oiled tin. When set turn out on to a sheet of paper well sprinkled with icing sugar; then cut into blocks and toss in icing sugar until well covered on all sides. ( 1*6 )