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VICTORIA SANDWICH.

• 2 level breakfastcups flour
• 1 level breakfastcup sugar
• 4 ozs. butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons Edmonds' Baking Powder
• 1 small cup water
• Essence flavouring to taste

Warm the butter, and beat in the sugar, drop in the eggs one at a time, then the flour with the baking powder mixed, must be lightly beaten in; add flavouring and water gradually. The baking powder may be added last of all to give letter results. Bake in quick oven 15 minutes.

SULTANA CAKE.

• 1 ℔. flour
• 1/2 ℔. butter
• 1/2 ℔. sultanas
• 1/2 ℔. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 ozs. peel
• 1 heaped teaspoonful Edmonds' Baking Powder
• A little milk

Cream the butter and sugar together, add eggs well beaten, then the other ingredients; bake in moderate oven two hours.

GIRDLE CAKES.

Rub into two breakfast cups flour 6 ozs. of butter, add 3 teaspoonfuls Edmonds' Baking Powder, and mix thoroughly. Mix into this 1/4 lb. currants, pinch salt, a little nutmeg, and make into light dough with milk. Roll out, cut into rounds, bake 15 minutes on a girdle or in the oven. If required sweet, add tablespoonful sugar.

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