17.—Oatmeal Cake.
Take 7 lbs. of medium oatmeal, 1½ oz. salt, 1½ oz. carbonate of soda, 1½ oz. cream of tartar, 1½ lb. of flour, 1½ lb. of lard. Rub the lard in the oatmeal and flour, having previously mixed all the other ingredients in the oatmeal; make a bay, add sufficient cold water to make all into a good working dough, weigh off at 8 ozs., mould up, pin out the size you think most suitable, cut into four, and place on clean dry tins. Bake in a sharp oven.