Fold in the remaining
whites. Bake in a round cake pan in a moderate oven three-quarters of an
hour. When cool, ice the top and decorate it with nut meats.
SCONES FOR TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS
Sift three quarts of flour with six rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and two of salt. Beat, without separating, three eggs. Rub into the flour a
quarter of a pound of butter, or three tablespoonfuls of snowdrift. Add to
the eggs one quart and a half of milk, and stir this into the flour. Mix
quickly and drop by spoonfuls in greased baking pans, and bake fifteen
minutes in a quick oven. Serve at once. These are better and more easily
made than biscuits.
POOR MAN'S FRUIT CAKE
3-1/2 cupfuls of flour
1 cupful of brown sugar
1/2 cupful of New Orleans molasses
1 pound of seeded raisins
1 cupful of sour milk
1/2 cupful of butter
1 teaspoonful of cinnamon
1 teaspoonful of allspice
1 teaspoonful of soda
Cut the raisins into halves and flour them with four tablespoonfuls of the
flour. Dissolve the soda in a tablespoonful of water, add it to the thick
sour milk, beat a minute, add the molasses, beat again, add the butter,
melted carefully, and stir in the flour; add the spices, and beat well.
Stir in the raisins, and turn into a greased bread pan. Bake in a
_moderate_ oven one hour.
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