RECIPES

Cake and Jam

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APPLE   CAKE

£ Ib. Flour                                    a little Milk

| Ib. Chopped Apples                     Salt

2 oz Sugar                                     i teaspoon Baking-powder

2 oz Lard or Dripping

Rub the fat into the flour. Mix in all the other ingredients and
make into a paste with a little milk or milk and water. Bake in
a greased tin, and serve hot.

DRIED-APRICOT   JAM

lib. Dried Apricots                        4 Ib. Preserving or Loaf

Sugar

The apricots are dried in halves. Cut these pieces in half, place
them in a bowl with 5 pints of water, and allow them to soak
for 48 hours. After that time, turn the fruit and water into a
large saucepan, and boil them gently together for 45 minutes,
stirring from time to time. Then add the 4 lb. of sugar and boil
more quickly till the jam is set, but not too firm. If liked, and
if funds permit, you could add 1 lb. of cooking apples, peeled,
cored, and sliced, with the same amount of sugar, just before
boiling the fruit. Let the jam cool a little before putting it into
pots.

DATE    JAM

3^ Ib. Dates                               Lemon

ih Ib. Sugar                               i\pts Water

Stone and cut up the dates. Boil the dates and water for £ hour.
Add the sugar, grated lemon-rind, and lemon-juice, stir till the
sugar is dissolved, and boil together until the jam thickens. Pour
into jars.

HOUSEHOLD   CAKE

1 Ib. Flour                                     1 Egg (or one extra teaspoon
£ Ib. Dripping                                      Baking-powder)

I Ib. Sugar                                    2 teaspoons Baking-powder

\ Ib. Fruit                                     a little Milk or Water

Rub the dripping into the flour, add all the dry ingredients, and
mix with the egg and milk. Bake in a moderate oven for 2 hours.
The fruit can be left out, and 1 large teaspoonful of ginger
or caraway flavouring added.

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