Try Some of These—

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1931, Page 9

Try Some of These—

Honey Cakes.—Half cupful butter, i cupful honeyy>li; cupf uls self-raising flour/tiro eggs. As much baking soda (powdered) as will pile'on. a threepenny piece. Beat butter till light; and creamy, add honey and beat again, then add an egg and beat, then other one and beat welL Stir in flour and goda. Do apt- continue to ■ beat. _If mixture appears - too stiff add a little milk. Till patty containers about three-parts full and bake in moderate oven. . Fruit Salad Sponge.—Two tablespoonfuls butter, half cupful sugar, one egg, one cupful flour, one and a half teaspoonfuls baking powder, pinch salt. Lastly add one small cupful. fresh fruit consisting of half a grated apple, two passion fruit, little lemon and orange, and chopped rind. Steam two hours. A Dainty Savoury.—Bring to the boil one pint of milk, and stir into it four tablespoonfuls of ground rice, that has been blended with a lttle cold milk. Stir till it thickens, then stir in a well-beaten egg, 2oz of grated cheese, half a teaspoonf ul of mustard, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and.pepper to taste. Boil till the' mixture leaves the side of the pan, stirring carefully' all 'the time. Serve with buttered toast. . Mint Jelly.—rQuite a number of people who dislike mint sauce will find an excellent in mint jelly, which has the additional advantage of not cooling the gravy as much as mint sauce. Wash) dry, and chop enough mint to fill two tablespoons. Pour a quarter of a pint of vinegar into a tureen, and add to it two tablespoonfuls of sugar and a pinch of salt. Allow to dissolve, and then stir in the mint, leaving it to stand for about half an hour. Dissolve two sheets of gelatine in -two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, and strain into the vinegar. Then pour the mixture into tiny mdi; vidual moulds, leaving it. to set. "Pot" Cheese.—Put the milk into a jug and leave in a warm place until it is quite thick, then stir in salt, allowing half a teaspoonfuj to a pint of milk. Stir well, and place in a piece of muslin or a well-washed flour bag. Hang this up to drain. Leave it for twenty-four hours, then press between plates and mix with a little cream. This cheese is excellent in salads, and can be used for stuffing tomatoes *or cucumber baskets. Or it can be served with red currant compote or bramble jelly. Malt Bread.—l cup bran, 2 cups flour (self-raising), 1 tablespoon golden syrup, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 heaped teaspoon malt extract, 1 teaspoon carbonato of soda, ■■$ pint milk, pinch of salt. Add soda1 and salt to flour, mix well with bran, rub in butter, melt, syrup and malt, mix well, add milk; Bake from $ to 1 hour ig tins with lids or-jt

I Devonshire Apple Cake.^ —lib of'flour, I 6oz lard or butter, 3oz'sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 6: large sour apples, peeled, cored, and cut as small as currants; 1 egg, beaten; sufficient milk to make. Bub lard into flour, add rest of dry ingredients, all apples, then but* ter, egg, and milk. The paste must be dry,, as the apples moisten it in baking. Put into a flat tin well greased; bake in a-moderate oven. When done cut into squares. ■ •«* Honey Cake.—-J cup butter, i cup honey, 1$ cups self-raising flour, 2 eggs. As much baking soda (powdered) v as will pile on a threepenny piece. Beat butter till light and creamy, add honey, and beat again, then add an egg and beat, then other one, and beat well. Stir in flour and soda. Do not continue to beajt. If mixture appears too stiff add a little milk, rill patty containers about three-parts full, and bake in moderate oven. Honey Date Pudding.;—lngredients: 2 cups dates, 2 eggs, i cup flour, i cup rolled oats, ■} cup nuts cut fine, $ cup honey, teaspoonful baking powder. Mix all well, and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. Serve with whipped cream. Coffee Cake with Honey.—lngredients: 2i cupful s flour, pinch salt, 1 egg, ? tablespoonfuls of honey, i teaspoonful cinnamon, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 4 tablespoonfuls butter, a little milk,.3 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Siftflour, "baking powder, and salt, and rub in the butter. Beat the eggs and add milk to egg to make about 1J cups, then stir in the honey. Afld to the flout, etc.; turn into a buttered cake tin, brush ,the top with melted butter and sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon mixed. '