Ingredients

3 egg whites

4 oz. crystal sugar

4 oz. castor sugar

Method

Beat egg whites till frothy, add crystal sugar and beat till stiff, fold in castor sugar, bake in a slow oven (300^oF), till crisp.

To Wash Clothes-To every 2 1/2 gallons of water allow 1 lb yellow soap and 1 tablespoon kerosene. Boil this together for 1/2 an hour in the copper. When it is lukewarm put the linen in and soak all night. In the morning light a small fire underneath and bring the contents slowly to a gentle boil, which must be kept up for ½ an hour. Remove the linen, wring it out, and then wash a little in the usual way and rinse well. Unless the clothes are very dirty they will hardly need any rubbing at all. Only white clothes must be treated in this way.

Ingredients

3 eggs

scant teacup honey

1 teacup self-raising flour

pinch salt

1 dessertspoon cold water

Icing:

2 egg whites

1 scant teacup icing sugar

3 teaspoons cocoa

coconut

Method

Beat whites of 2 of the eggs with honey till stiff, beat the 2 yolks well with the remaining egg, mix gently into egg white and honey mixture, fold in flour sifted with salt, mix water in lightly, bake in well greased baking dish in a moderate oven. For icing, beat egg whites till stiff, fold in icing sugar sifted with cocoa, cut cake into squares, coat with icing and roll in coconut. NOTE: These cakes will keep well

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter

1/2 1b sugar

4 eggs

1/2 lb flour

1/2 lb cornflour

pinch salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

Method

Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add well beaten eggs, stir in lightly the sifted flour, cornflour, salt, and baking powder. Place in teaspoonfuls on a greased tin, bake in a moderate oven for about 15 minutes. When cold join with jam, cream, or icing and sprinkle with icing sugar.

 CLEANING FLUID-2 oz of ammonia, 2 oz of white Castile soap, 1 oz of alcohol, 1 oz of glycerine, 1 oz of ether, 2 1/2 quarts of hot water.

Method: Cut the soap into fine shavings and put on the stove to melt in a quart of water. As soon as it is thoroughly melted, add the rest of the water and when nearly cold, stir in the other ingredients. Bottle and cork tightly. To sponge a dress, add a little more than a cupful of cold water to a cup of the fluid, and mix thoroughly before using. This fluid will remove grease spots from carpets, coats or any other woollen textures, also paint from furniture or ink from paint. When the spots are very bad, use undiluted. Rub it on with a piece of cloth or flannel. This fluid will keep for an indefinite period and is a most excellent recipe. (From old pages)

Ingredients

6 lumps loaf sugar

1 orange

3 oz. butter

6 oz. flour

pinch salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon sugar

1 egg

1/2 gill milk

Method

The oven should be heated to 500^oF (very hot), rub butter into sifted flour, baking powder, salt, and the 1 teaspoon sugar, bind to a stiff dough with beaten egg and milk and add grated rind of 1 orange, roll out 1/2 inch thick, soak loaf sugar in juice of 1 orange, cut dough into rounds, and put some of the loaf sugar on top of each round, bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Ingredients

1/2 lb flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 oz. butter

2 oz. sugar

2 eggs

About 1/2 gill milk

A little castor sugar

1 lemon

Method

Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg, rub in butter, add sugar, then well beaten eggs, and sufficient milk to mix into a soft dough, turn on to a floured board, roll out 1/2 inch thick, cut into rings with a doughnut cutter or 2 cutters, French fry till doughnuts are a golden brown, sprinkle with castor sugar and serve hot with slices of lemon. NOTE: This mixture makes about 15 doughnuts.

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter

2 oz. icing sugar

vanilla essence

1/2 lb flour

A few cherries

Method

Cream butter and icing sugar, then add vanilla and flour, place mixture in bag and large rose or cream pipe, and press each rose flat as it is formed, to keep it thin, decorate with cherry in centre, bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes but do not brown.

Caramel for Colouring- Put 1/4 lb sugar into a saucepan, and heat until it goes very brown. Pour over it 1/4 pint water and stir till it boils and all the sugar is dissolved. Strain, and when cold, put into a wide-mouthed bottle. Cork well and keep for colouring soup, gravy, etc.

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter or lard and butter mixed

1 cup sugar

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

little milk

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon mixed spice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 egg

Mince Filling

1 lb sultanas

1/2 lb currants

1/4 lb candied peel

nutmeg

spice

1/2 lb chopped suet

4 apples (grated)

lemon juice

brandy

1 cup sugar

mince all together

Method

Cream butter and sugar, sift flour with cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda, add spice and cinnamon, add well beaten egg and a little milk if required, mix well, roll out and cut into biscuit shapes, putting Christmas mince between. Mince is made by mixing ingredients under that heading together. Sprinkle with nutmeg and sugar and bake 15 minutes.

Ingredients

3 eggs

8 level tablespoons sugar

8 level tablespoons flour

Little jam

2 level teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons hot water

Method

Beat yolks and whites separately till stiff, then beat together, add sugar and continue beating till thick. Stir in sifted flour and baking powder, mixing very lightly, add hot water. Pour into 3 Swiss roll tins measuring 10 inches by 8 inches, lined with greased paper and with sides greased, bake in a moderate oven about 8 minutes, lay a paper sprinkled with sugar over a damp cloth, and turn cake out on to this. While hot, quickly cut off edges of cake, roll up from each end to centre, then unroll, spread with warm jam, roll up again from each end to centre, when cold cut into 2 ½ inch rolls.

Ingredients

1/4 1b butter

1/2 1b sugar

2 eggs

Few drops vanilla essence

Enough flour to make a stiff dough

salt

1 cup dates

Method

Mix butter and sugar (do not beat), add unbeaten eggs, then vanilla, flour, and salt, roll about 1 teaspoon round each date, bake in a slow oven about 30 minutes.

Prevent Cakes Becoming Stale -Put a thick slice of bread in the crock or tin in which the cakes are kept, and renew it every third day.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

salt

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

icing sugar

Method

Cream butter and sugar, beating till light and soft, add unbeaten eggs one at a time, beating well each time, sift flour, baking powder, and salt, and add alternately with the milk and vanilla, beat well and turn into a shallow greased tin, bake 30 minutes in moderate oven (375^oF). Allow to cool down very slightly, and while still hot dust well with icing sugar, cut into squares and serve while warm.