Fluffy Cakes
¹⁄₂ lb. cornflour
¹⁄₄ lb. castor sugar
6 ozs. butter
2 eggs
1 table-spoon milk
1 tea-spoon essence of vanilla
1 tea-spoon baking powder
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Beat the eggs thoroughly and mix them with the butter and sugar. Sift in the cornflour, mixed with the baking powder, gradually, and mix well. Stir in about a table-spoonful of milk mixed with a small tea-spoonful of essence of vanilla.
Grease the patty pans with lard and sprinkle a little ground rice in each. Half fill them and bake in a quick oven for ten minutes.