radually to the flour,
mixing the whole intimately, and adding fruit at discretion. Bake in a
tin or earthen pan.

2101. Luncheon Cakes.

Take of flour one pound; baking powder, three teaspoonfuls; sugar,
three ounces; butter, three ounces; currants, four ounces; milk, one
pint, or twenty ounces: bake one hour in a quick oven.

2102. Nice Plum Cake.

Take of flour one pound; baking powder, three teaspoonfuls; butter,
six ounces; loaf sugar, six ounces; currants, six ounces; three eggs;
milk, about four ounces; bake for one hour and a half in a tin or pan.

2103. Lemon Buns.

Take of flour one pound; baking powder, three teaspoonfuls; butter,
six ounces; loaf sugar, four ounces; one egg; essence of lemon, six or
eight drops: make into twenty buns, and bake in a quick oven for
fifteen minutes.

2104. Soda Cake.

Take of flour half a pound; bicarbonate of soda, two drachms; tartaric
acid, two drachms; butter, four ounces; white sugar, two ounces;
currants, four ounces; two eggs; warm milk, half a teacupful.

[AN HONEST WORD IS BETTER THAN A CARELESS OATH.]

2105. Excellent Biscuits.

Take of flour two pounds; carbonate of ammonia, three drachms, in fine
powder; white sugar, four ounces; arrowroot one ounce; butter, four
ounces; one egg: mix into a stiff paste with new milk, and beat them
well with a rolling-pin for half an hour; roll out thin, and cut them
out with a docker, and bake in a quick oven for fifteen minutes.

2106. Wine Biscuits.

Take of flour half a pound; butter, four ounces; sugar, four ounces;
two eggs; carbonate of ammonia, one drachm; white wine, enough to mix
to a proper consistence. Cut out with a glass.

2107. Ginger Cakes.

To two pounds of flour add three quarters of a pound of good moist
sugar, one ounce best Jamaica ginger well mixed in the flour; have
ready three quarters of a pound of lard, melted, and four eggs well
beaten: mix the lard and eggs together, and stir into the flour, which
will form a paste; roll out in thin cakes, and bake in a moderately
heated oven. Lemon biscuits may be made in a similar way, by
substituting essence of lemon for ginger.

2108. Sponge Cake (1).

(_Very Easy Method_.)--The following receipt is as excellent as it is
simple, it gives less trouble than any other, and has never been known
to fail:--Take five eggs and half a pound of loaf su