Mix one dessertspoonful of baking powder with ½-lb. flour, and add 1 teaspoonful salt; moisten with milk to rather stiff dough. Roll out and bake quickly.
62. American Cake.
¾ cup of flour.
½ cup sugar (castor).
3 eggs.
2 teaspoonsful baking powder.
Little milk.
Whisk eggs for 15 minutes, add sugar and whisk 10 minutes more. Stir in the flour and baking powder, and add a little milk to moisten. Pour into shallow tins, and bake in a quick oven. When baked, put orange filling between layers of cake.
Orange Filling.
Grate 2 apples and the rinds of 2 oranges and 2 lemons, add 2-oz. sugar, 2 teaspoonsful arrowroot, 1 egg, a little milk, and 1-oz. butter. Put all in a pan, and cook till thick.
63. Shrewsbury Cakes.
3-oz. castor sugar.
4-oz. butter.
1 egg.
1 lemon rind (grated).
8-oz. flour.
Cream the butter and sugar, add egg and lemon rind, stir well, shake flour in gradually, making a smooth paste. Roll out thinly, cut in rounds, and bake in a moderate oven.