by Lizzie Lane
Recipes
EGGLESS CAKE
• 14 oz flour
• 2 oz cornflour
• 8 oz currants
• 4 oz mixed peel (chopped)
• 8 oz sultanas
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ lb brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 8 oz dripping or margarine
• Milk
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
Sift the flours, salt and spice together. Rub in the fat, add the fruit and sugar, mix well together. Dissolve the soda in a little milk, add the vinegar and sufficient milk to mix to a fairly stiff consistency. Put into a greased 2 lb tin and bake for about 2 hours in a slow oven. Regulo 3. (The old gas thermal measure.) Temperature: 175°C/350°F.
HONEY SCONES
• ½ lb plain flour
• 6 oz wholemeal flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 oz cornflour
• 3 oz margarine
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• Milk
Sift the flours, cornflour and salt together. Rub in the fat lightly, add the raising agent. Dissolve the honey in a little milk, and mix all to a fairly soft dough, adding more milk as required. Turn on to a floured board, roll out to about ¼ inch thickness, cut into rounds and bake in a hot oven for 10-15 minutes. Regulo 8. (The old gas thermal measure.) Temperature: 250°C/475°F.
TREACLE SCONES
• 1 lb plain flour
• 1 oz margarine
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons black treacle
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• Milk — about ¼ pint
• ½ teaspoon mixed spice
Sieve all the dry ingredients together. Rub in the fat. Make a well in the centre, add treacle and enough milk, about ¼ pint, to make a firm dough. Turn on to a floured board, roll out to about ¼ inch thickness, cut into rounds and bake for about 15 minutes in a hot oven. Regulo 7. Temperature: 250°C/475°F.
CUT AND COME AGAIN CAKE
• 14 oz flour
• 2 oz cornflour
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 6 oz margarine
• ½ lb brown sugar
• ¼ lb sultanas
• ½ lb currants
• ¼ lb mixed peel chopped finely
• 1 tablespoon marmalade
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg
• Milk
Sift the flour, cornflour, salt and spice together. Rub in the fat. Add the fruit, sugar and marmalade. Dissolve the soda in a little milk, and add with the beaten egg and sufficient milk to make a fairly stiff consistency. Put into a greased tin and bake for 2-2½ hours in a moderate oven. Regulo 4. Temperature: 190°C/375°F.
SPOON CAKE
• 7 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 tablespoons sultanas
• 1 oz cornflour
• 1 tablespoon chopped candied peel
• 1 tablespoon self-raising flour or 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon mixed spice
• 4 oz margarine or dripping
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3–4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons currants
Sift flours and spice together, rub in the fat, add all dry ingredients. Mix to a fairly stiff consistency with the beaten egg and milk. Turn into a greased tin and bake for about 1½ hours in a moderate oven. Regulo 3. (175°C)
DATE COOKIES
• 3 oz chopped dates
• 4 oz wholemeal flour
• 2 oz sugar
• 2 oz cornflour
• Little milk
• 2 oz plain flour
• 2 oz melted margarine
• 1 oz Raisley or 3 level teaspoons baking powder
Sieve the flours and baking powder together. Add the chopped dates and sugar. Mix to a fairly stiff consistency with the melted fat and milk. Put into greased bun tins and bake for about 15 minutes in a moderately hot oven. Regulo 6. Temperature: 220°C/425°F.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Dambuster Raid occurred in the third week of May 1943. ‘Geoff’ was the code name of Professor Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb.
Wing Commander Guy Gibson led the fleet of Lancaster bombers setting off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire.
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