1 lb. flour
4 ozs. butter
1 egg
A little cream
Rub the butter into sifted and dried flour. Add the sugar and the egg slightly beaten.
Moisten with a very little cream or milk. Roll out thin. Cut into rounds. Bake on tins in a quick oven.
Snow Cakes
2 cups sugar
¹⁄₂ cup butter
1 cup sweet milk
3 cups flour
3 tea-spoons baking powder
Whites of five eggs
Cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat well. Then add the flour, in which the baking powder should be mixed, and the milk. Beat for ten minutes. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth, and stir in lightly. Bake in square tins. When quite cold, cut off all the brown outside and divide into pieces about two inches square. Take each piece on a fork and ice and roll in finely grated cocoanut.
Sponge Fingers or Cakes
10 eggs
1 lb. powdered sugar
³⁄₄ lb. flour
Beat the eggs together until very light. Add the sugar and beat for fifteen minutes. Sift the flour in lightly. Bake in tins made for the purpose, in a quick oven.