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

well beaten, and butter (melted) last of all; bake three-quarters of an hour. VICTORIA SANDWICH. 2 level breakfastcups flour 1 level breakfastcup sugar 4 ozs. butter 3 eggs 2 teaspoons Edmonds’ Baking Powder 1 small cup water Essence flavouring to taste Warm the butter, and beat in the sugar, drop in the eggs one at a time, then the flour with the baking powder mixed, must be lightly beaten in; add flavouring and water gradually. The baking powder may be added last of all to give better results. Bake in quick oven 15 minutes. SULTANA CAKE. 1 lb. flour ½ lb. butter ½ lb. sultanas ½ lb. sugar 4 eggs 3 ozs. peel 1 heaped teaspoonful Edmonds’ Baking Powder A little milk Cream the butter and sugar together, add eggs well beaten, then the other ingredients; bake in moderate oven two hours GIRDLE CAKES. Rub into two breakfastcups flour 6 ozs. of butter, add 3 teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder, and mix thoroughly. Mix into this ¼ lb. currants, pinch salt, a little nutmeg, and make into light dough with milk. Roll out, cut into rounds, bake 15 minutes on a girdle or in the oven. If required sweet, add tablespoonful sugar. [Illustration: _They’ve Broken the Record this year_] OVER ONE MILLION TINS OF EDMONDS The following list shows the growth in Sales of EDMONDS’ BAKING POWDER each year for the past 9 years. * * * * * In 1905 Tins Sold 370,600 ” 1906 ” 429,780 ” 1907 ” 502,548 ” 1908 ” 655,668 ” 1909 ” 743,796 ” 1910 ” 818,772 ” 1911 ” 878,268 ” 1912 ” 1,077,084 ” 1913 ” 1,171,34 These are big figures, but the greatest record yet broken is in the tremendous increase of the number of dainty cakes, wholesome scones, and beautifully light puddings and pastry made by the thousands of housewives in the Dominion who use EDMONDS’ PRIZE BAKING POWDER. * * * * * MERIT COUNTS—That’s why we are doing the business. LEMON TEA CAKES. Rub into 1½ breakfastcups of flour 3 tablespoonfuls each of lard and butter; add 6