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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 4 (Supplement)

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CAKES OS" AiL KTSTOS.

Anrjong the following recipes will bo f' Mil delirious cakes suitable for all occa- ''-]:- Especially nourishing are: —

Wholemeal Cakes.—For these cakes you wil'. require lib of wholemeal, soz butler, lok of a-iltanas, loz of castor sugar, one <%!?, anr a little milk. Work the butter -'o the wholemeal, add a pinch of salt, tl >- Manas, and the tugar; beat the egg with fl,p milk and make all into a light (]■ i _■!■; flour the pastry board, divide the d>ijli into ti:iy portions, roll out a quarter uf an inch thick, cut into rounds, and 1> ■!. ' for 20 minutes.

Ch'ldren's Cake.—Boil together one cup <•>' ?ti™ar, one cup of water, two cupe of ••.*:!;.« stoned and chopped, one teaspoonfvl of cinnamon, half a teaspoon fill oi fl-nund cloves. After boi'ing for 2f

n": Tiii'- t-s let it get cold, then add two cups of flour, half a dip of lard or butter, half a rnp of fruit juice of any kind, half a teaspoon of carbonate of soda, two tf*;i,i'p"<infuU of baking powder. Bake for en.* h-ur

Irish Cake.— caka tastes jnst like ©'"' in whir 1 ! a number of eggs and a great deal of butter has been mixed, but a." a matter of fact it is not at all expensive to m ,i.kp Sift 21b of flour into a bas.n. (hup lib of raisin? in halves, wash anil dry lib of currants, cut ilb of mixed pt'isl into alires, rub 4'b dripping ir."<> the flour, add the fruit, sweeten vith l!h Fiicnr. Mix together one tea-prMV->nf:il nf carbonate of soda with one to spoonful of cream of tartar, pour over V. ,ii one pint or more of sour milk, •nhirh will then bubble up over the sides ef the basin, beat in two eces, and moisten the r.ike with the whole. If more liquid is required, add more milk. The fkp take? ,% good while to cook, so should bo fairlv moist. Bake for three nnttrs in a moderate oven.

Lemon Rice Cake.One-quarter pound fl nir. Jib butter, jib sultanas, half a teaBnonnfnl baking powder, very little milk, {>b provind rice, |lb castor sugar, one egg, Ibp grated rind of half a lemon. Cream l ip butter and sup-ar together, add the cjjts and ffonr. which should have been previously sifted, and mix in the fruit and !• m»n rind. Put in the baking-powder ].«st. and. shci'd the dough be too stiff, & little milk. Line a cake tin vnth paper, put in the mixture, and bake quickly for shout IJ> hoars. Seed Scones—Take .Jib fin© Soar, 2os en-tor sugar, and 2oz butter, and rub to-T-tlier til! smooth, then add job carraway seeds and the chopped pee! of one orange. £iix in loz baking powder and a-quarter P'«t cold mi'k. Mix up quickly, and lightly roll the paste to one inch thick. Si imp out into rounds, put them on floured baking this, and bake 20 minutes. Hurliugton Cafes.—-Six ounces flour, 3os stigar, loz butter, one egg, a little milk, file tablespoon ful marmalade, a little candied peel, half a teaspoonful baking powder. Rub tbs butter into the flour, add baking powder and sugar, beat up the egg, add marmalade and a little milk. Beat all together, put into a shallow tin, and sprinkle the top with desiccated cocoaDut' and the candied peel finely chopped. HOUSEHOLD HTWTO. Stains on crockery may be quickly removed by rubbing with fin© aanej, moisten ed with vinegar. Old brass way be made to look like new by pouring strong ammonia on it, scrubbing with a brush, and then rinsing in clear water. When ©arks are to© lasrgo for a- bottle, throw them for a few minutes-. into & "basin of bailing water; they will then soften. Mildewed spots will be effaced if rubbed with a moistened mixture of soap and chalk and exposed to the strong rays of the sun. s J To put and ear carpets, nothing takes the place of.old , newspapers, and Hin well vrtteth Mißk 'while .4* save them for this if ."■&£.Baa" other. ~ The ..Jfrench, '. have a way of making even gn inferior quality of table linen look well- without ; the aid of starch. When the napkins are washed and ready to be ironed they Are dipped into boflinV waterj and parliatty wrong : out. between cloths. They ate, .then rapidly ironed with as hot a flatjiton. as possiblewithout burning them. •_*,-■