The Sure to Rise Cookery Book: Is Especially Compiled, and Contains Useful, Everyday Recipes, also Cooking Hints

Baking Powder, mix well, add egg and sufficient milk to make a light dough. Roll and cut into rounds; place a little raspberry jam on each, wet the edges, and press them together. Put on cold, greased oven shelf, and bake about 10 minutes. RICE CAKES (Without Eggs). 1 cup flour ½ cup ground rice ¼ lb. sugar 4 ozs. butter ½ cup milk (good measure) 1 heaped teaspoonful Edmonds’ Egg Powder Pinch salt Cream butter and sugar, sift and mix dry ingredients into same, mix all thoroughly with the milk, add flavouring, and bake in patty pans in moderate oven from 10 to 12 minutes. WALNUT CAKE. 1 large cup flour 1 small cup sugar 1 small cup butter 1 tablespoon cocoa 1 teaspoon Edmonds’ Baking Powder 1 cup walnuts 3 eggs Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add eggs well beaten, mix cocoa with a little milk, then add the other ingredients, and bake in shallow cake tin in moderate oven. When cold, ice with water icing, and place some walnuts halved on top. Currants should be rubbed in a colander with a little flour before using. A GOOD PLAIN CAKE. Mix well together two breakfastcups of flour, two teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder, a little salt and spice, and ¼ lb. sugar. Rub in ½ lb. butter, then mix in 6 ozs. sultanas, 2 ozs. currants, a few pieces sliced peel. Beat 3 eggs and half-cupful milk together, and moisten the lot. Bake in quick oven thoroughly. CHOCOLATE CAKES. ¼ lb. flour ¼ lb. sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoon chocolate (or 1½ teaspoons cocoa) ½ teaspoonful vanilla essence ½ teaspoonful Edmonds’ Prize Baking Powder Beat butter and sugar together, then add flour, baking powder, cocoa and essence. Bake in moderate oven 15 to 20 minutes in sandwich tins. Ice with chocolate icing. LEMON BISCUITS. ½ lb. butter ½ lb. sugar 1 lb. (or 2 breakfastcups) flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful Edmonds’ Baking Powder Flavour with essence of lemon Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs, then flour and powder mixed well, roll out thin,