Some nights ought to come with a signpost saying ‘retro’ and ‘comfort’
I was doing fine tonight until a moment ago. I have a half dozen interesting topics to choose from for posts. And my neck is close to better. And life was looking pretty good. Then the last two days caught up with me and I need medicine and an early night. Which means you need more recipes from 1950s Melbourne. You can tell just how tired I am by the fact that I’m not even tempted to make the chocolate cake, and when have I not been tempted by chocolate?
Strawberry Tea Cake
1 tablespn butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg ¾ cup milk 1 ½ cups flour,2 level teaspoon baking powder, pinch of salt 1 cup strawberries, extra sugar. Cream together butter & sugar when very light add beaten egg & then milk, sift flour & BP & salt. Add & beat well. Crush strawberries which have been washed & dried with flour & fold them into the batter. Sprinkle with sugar & bake in patty pans.
Steamed Fowl
Put foul onto steam add carrot parsnip & onion. When cooked have white sauce & boiled egg (hard) chopped. Place fowl on platter & pour white sauce all over it seeing all is covered, then sprinkle egg over. Cut carrots & parsnip in rounds and arrange on edge of platter.
Ginger Pudding
1 tablespn butter, 2 tablespns each of sugar & treacle or syrup, 1 ½ cup p flour, 1 teaspn soda (small) 1 teaspn each ginger & spice & a small ½ cup milk. Beat butter, sugar & syrup, dissolve soda in milk & then add to butter mixture, add flour which has been sifted with ginger spice. Put in a greased steamer for 2 hrs. Serve with sweet white sauce.
Chocolate Bake
1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 cup of milk, with ½ teaspoon soda 2 teasp cocoa, 2 cups SR flour. Mix sugar & butter add milk & soda then flour & cocoa. Same for ginger omitting cocoa add 1 teaspn ginger & teaspn cinnamon.
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