4 ozs. rolled oats, 2 ozs. sugar, 4 ozs. sultanas, water.
Cook oatmeal thoroughly in double boiler, then mix ingredients together; place in small cups, when cold turn out and serve with apple sauce, or stewed prunes.
=50.--Carrot Pudding=
4 ozs. breadcrumbs, 4 ozs. "Nutter," 4 ozs. flour, 4 ozs. mashed carrots, 4 ozs. mashed potatoes, 6 ozs. chopped raisins, 2 ozs. brown sugar, 1 dessertspoonful treacle, 1 teaspoonful baking powder.
Mix ingredients well, place in greased pudding basin and steam 2 hours.
=51.--Sultana Pudding=
1/2 lb. whole meal flour, 1 breakfastcupful breadcrumbs, 4 ozs. ground pine kernels, pignolias or almonds, 1/2 lb. sultanas, 4 ozs. sugar, water.
Mix ingredients together into a stiff batter; place in greased basin and steam 2 hours.
=52.--Semolina Pudding=
4 ozs. semolina, 1 oz. corn flour, 3 ozs. sugar, rind of one lemon, 1-1/2 pints water.
Mix corn flour into paste in little water; place ingredients in double boiler and cook for 1 hour, place in pie-dish and brown in sharp oven.
=53.--Rice Mould=
4 ozs. ground rice, 1 oz. sugar, 1/2 pint grape-juice.
Cook ingredients in double boiler, place in mould. When cold turn out and serve with stewed fruit.
=54.--Maize Mould=
6 ozs. corn meal, 2 ozs. sugar, 1/2 pint grape-juice, 1-1/2 pints water.
Cook ingredients in double boiler for 1 hour; place in mould. When cold turn out and serve with stewed fruit.
=55.--Lemon Sago=
4 ozs. sago, 7 ozs. golden syrup, juice and rind of two lemons, 1-1/2 pints water.
Boil sago in water until cooked, then mix in other ingredients. Place in mould, turn out when cold.
=56.--Lemon Pudding=
4 ozs. breadcrumbs, 1 oz. corn flour, 2 ozs. sugar, rind one lemon, 1 pint water.
Mix corn flour into paste in little water; mix ingredients together, place in pie-dish, bake in moderate oven.
=57.--Prune Mould=
1 lb. prunes, 4 ozs. sugar, juice 1 lemon, 1/4 oz. agar-agar, 1 quart water.
Soak prunes for 12 hours in water, and then remove stones. Dissolve the agar-agar in the water, gently warming. Boil all ingredients together for 30 minutes, place in mould, when cold turn out and decorate with blanched almonds.
=58.--Lemon Jelly=
1/4 oz. agar-agar, 3 ozs. sugar, juice 3 lemons, 1 quart water.
Soak agar-agar in the water for 30 minutes; add fruit-juice and sugar, and heat gently until agar-agar is completely dissolved, pour into moulds, turn out when cold.
This jelly can be flavoured with various fruit juices, (fresh and canned). When the fruit itself is incorporated, it should be cut up into small pieces and stirred in when the jelly commences to thicken. The more fruit juice added, the less water must be used. Such fruits as fresh strawberries, oranges, raspberries, and canned pine-apples, peaches, apricots, etc., may be used this way.
=59.--Pastry=
1 lb. flour, 1/2 lb. nut-b.u.t.ter or nut fat, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, water.
Mix with water into stiff paste. This is suitable for tarts, patties, pie-covers, etc.
CAKES
=60.--Wheatmeal Fruit Cake=
6 ozs. entire wheat flour, 3 ozs. nut-b.u.t.ter, 3 ozs. sugar, 3 ozs.
almond meal, 10 ozs. sultanas, 2 ozs. lemon peel, 2 teaspoonsful baking powder.
Rub b.u.t.ter into flour, mix all ingredients together with water into stiff batter; bake in cake tins lined with b.u.t.tered paper.
=61.--Rice Fruit Cake=
8 ozs. ground rice, 4 ozs. white flour, 4 ozs. "Nutter," 3 ozs. sugar, 6 ozs. stoned, chopped raisins, 1 large teaspoonful baking powder, water.
Rub "Nutter" into flour, mix all ingredients together with water into stiff batter; bake in cake tins lined with b.u.t.tered paper.
=62.--Maize Fruit Cake=