Foodie Friday - Gold Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Gold Cake

1 pound sugar

½ pound butter

1 pound flour,

Yolks of ten eggs

Rind of one orange

2 lemons juiced

1 tsp. soda

One pound sugar, one-half pound butter, one pound flour, yolks of ten eggs, well beaten; grated rind of one orange and juice of two lemons, one teaspoon soda

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Foodie Friday - Silver Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Silver Cake

1 pound sugar

¾ pound of flour

½ pound butter

Whites of ten eggs

1 teaspoon almond extract

One pound sugar, three-fourths pound of flour, one-half pound butter, whites of ten eggs.  Flavour with bitter almonds, one teaspoon full

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Foodie Friday - Nut Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Nut Cake

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

2 cups flour

One cup cold water

4 eggs

1 tsp soda

2 tsp. cream of tartar

2 cups nuts

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, three cups flour, one cup cold water, four eggs, one teaspoon soda, two teaspoons cream tartar, two cupfuls kernels hickory nuts, carefully picked out and added last of all

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Foodie Friday - Hot Biscuit

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Hot Biscuit

3 cups flour

2 tbsp. Baking powder

¾ tsp salt

3 tbsp. Butter

¾ to 1 cup milk

Mix and sift the flour, baking powder and salt together twice; then cut in the butter with a fork until it is in fine bits.  Add the milk gradually, just enough to make a soft dough.  Do not handle any more than is necessary.  Turn out on a floured board and roll to about three-fourths of an inch thickness.  Cut, then place on a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven from twelve to fifteen minutes.

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Foodie Friday - New Year's Cakes

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

New Year’s Cakes

1 ¼ pound sugar

One pound butter

Half pint cold water

3 ¼ pounds flour

Two eggs

1 tsp. soda

One and a quarter pound sugar, one pound butter, half pint cold water, three and one-quarter pounds flour, two eggs, one teaspoon soda.  Mix well and bake in hearts and rounds, or any small tins.

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Foodie Friday - Fanny's Sugar Cakes

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Fanny’s Sugar Cakes

Heaping teacup sugar

3/4 teacup butter

¼ teacup milk

2 eggs

2 tsps. cream of tartar

1 tsp. soda

Flour to roll

Salt, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste

One heaping teacup sugar, three-fourths teacup butter, one-fourth teacup sweet milk, two eggs, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon soda.  Flour to roll, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.  Roll thin, cut into round cakes and bake quickly.

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Foodie Friday - An Ordinary Light Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

An Ordinary Light Cake

½ pound currants

Some nutmeg

1 oz sugar

1 lb flour

A little salt

¼ pound butter

Quarter of a pint of milk

Quarter pint of ale yeast

2 eggs

1 egg white

Mix half a pound of currants, some nutmeg and an ounce of sugar in one pound of flour, a little salt:  stir a quarter of a pound of butter into a quarter of a pint of milk over the fire till the butter is melted:  strain to it a quarter of a pint of ale yeast, two eggs, one egg white; stir all together with a stick; set it before the fire to rise in the pan it is to be baked in.  the oven must be as hot as for bread

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Foodie Friday - Brown Sugar Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

Brown Sugar Cake

Two quarts of flour

¼ pound of butter

Ten eggs

1 ½ pounds sugar

Wineglass of brandy

Nutmeg

Orange peel grated

Two quarts of flour, sift and rub quarter of a pound of butter in it; beat together 10 eggs and one and a half pounds of sugar; stir in a wine-glass of brandy, with nutmeg and some orange-peel grated in it; then work the flour and butter up with it, roll out and bake in an oven, in cakes cut out with a shape.

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