Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipesAllinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
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Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes
Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
Vegetarian cooking
1/2 lb. of fine wheatmeal, 1/4 lb. of butter, 5 eggs, 1/2 lb. of
castor sugar, 1-1/2 oz. of Allinson cocoa, 1 dessertspoonful of
vanilla essence. Proceed as in recipe of "Madeira Cake," adding the
cocoa and flavouring with vanilla.
CHOCOLATE CAKE (2).
Work 4 oz. of butter to a cream, add a 1/4 lb. of castor sugar, 3
eggs, and a little milk. Mix together 1/2 lb. of Allinson fine
wheatmeal, a heaped tablespoonful of cocoa. Add to the butter mixture,
and bake on a shallow tin or plate in a quick oven. The cake can be
iced when done, and cut, when cold, into diamond-shaped pieces or
triangles.
CHOCOLATE MACAROONS.
1/2 lb. of ground sweet almonds, 1 oz. of cocoa, 1 dessertspoonful of
vanilla essence, 1/2 lb. of castor sugar, the white of 4 eggs. Whip
the white of the eggs to a stiff froth, add the sugar, cocoa, vanilla,
and almond meal, and proceed as in the previous recipe.
CINNAMON MADEIRA CAKE.
1/2 lb. of fine wheatmeal, 1/4 lb. of butter, 1/2 lb. of sugar, 1/4
lb. of currants and sultanas mixed (washed and picked) 5 eggs, 1
dessertspoonful of ground cinnamon. Proceed as in recipe for "Madeira
Cake," adding the fruit, and cinnamon as flavouring.
COCOANUT BISCUITS.
2 breakfastcupfuls of wheatmeal, 2 teacupfuls of grated cocoanut, 3
dessertspoonfuls of sugar, 3 tablespoonfuls of orange water, 2 oz. of
butter, a little milk. Mix the ingredients, adding a little milk to
moisten the paste, mix it well, roll the paste out 1/4 in. thick, cut
out with a biscuit cutter. Prick the biscuits, and bake them in a
moderate oven a pale brown.
COCOANUT DROPS.
1/2 lb. of desiccated cocoanut, 1/2 lb. of castor sugar, the whites of
3 eggs. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add the sugar,
then the cocoanut. Place little lumps of the mixture on the rice wafer
paper, as in recipe for "Macaroons," and bake in a fairly hot oven.
COCOANUT ROCK CAKES.
1 lb. of fine wholemeal flour, 6 oz. of desiccated cocoanut, 3 oz. of
butter, 3 eggs, a little cold milk, 6 oz. castor sugar. Rub the butter
into the meal, add the sugar, cocoanut, and the well-beaten eggs. Mix,
and add only just enough milk to make the mixture keep together. Put
small lumps on a floured baking tin, and bake in a quick oven.
CORNFLOUR CAKE.
1/2 lb. of cornflour, 4 eggs, 6 oz. butter, same of castor sugar;
separate the yolks of eggs from the whites and beat separately for a
1/4 of an hour, cream the butter and sugar, mix with the yolks, then
the whites, and lastly the flour, and whisk all together for 25
minutes, and bake for 1 hour in a moderately hot oven.
CRACKERS.
1 cupful butter, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 quarts Allinson wholemeal
flour. Rub thoroughly together with the hand, and wet up with cold
water; beat well, and beat in meal to make brittle and hard; then
pinch off pieces and roll out each cracker by itself, if you wish them
to resemble baker's crackers.
CRISP OATMEAL CAKES.
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