IRISH RECIPES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)

IRISH RECIPES.

Apple Tea-Cake. This apple cake has an advantage; over other apple cakes as, when cut in neat pieces, it can be eaten in the iingenfj like bread and butter. Grease a delf plate, about 9in'diameter. Have ready some cold stewed apples. Use any standard scone mixture, such as the following: Sift together Soz flour, "oz caster sugar and a pinch of salt. I'nt in 2oz butter. Mix one teaspoonful of baking powder well through the flour, etc. Add a beaten egg and enough sweet inilk to make a fairly soft dough. Turn out on a floured board and divide into two equal parts. Roll out one ptrfc and, with the hands, form into a round a little smaller than the plate. Place on the greased plate and bake in a hot oven to a light brown. Spread the sweetened apples ratlier thinly, scatter a few cloves over, and cover with the other piece of dough which has been made into a similar round. Mark round the edges with a fork, and brush it all over with a little beaten egg. Bake to a golden brown and dust over | with a little caster sugar. Potato Cake. A plate of hot buttered potato cakes is a most acceptable dish about fiv© o'clock on a raw winter evening. Sift together Soz flour, one teaspoOriful of baking powder, and one tcasiioonful.of salt. Put half a teacupful of sweet milk and a piece of butter (the size of a large egg) in a saucepan and melt. To this add four large freshly-boiled potatoes which have been put through the potatomasher. Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon. The potato puree should be of a. rather soft consistency, so it may be necessary to add a little more milk. Mix in tlte flour, etc., and turn out on a ( floured board. Divide into tour pieces. Roll each piece out quarter-inch thick and cut into four parts. Bake on a fairly hot griddle, giving four or five minutes to each side. If left-over potatoes are used they should be reheated before mashing, as it is important to get the dough made up while the potatoes are still hot.