Basic Recipe

Name: Basic Recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10–12 cakes
Ingredients: 3 oz. self-raising flour or 3 oz. plain flour and 1 level teasp. baking-powder; 1 egg; 2 oz. castor sugar; 2 oz. butter or margarine; pinch of salt; water or milk as required

Rich Cakes—Small

Preparation info

10–12
cakes

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

About

The following is a suitable mixture for small cakes; it can be varied in many ways.

Ingredients

2 oz. butter or margarine
2 oz. castor sugar
1

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Beat the fat and sugar until creamy and white. Whisk the egg and add gradually; beat well between each addition. Sift together the flour, salt and baking-powder. Gently stir flour, etc., into creamed fat; add milk or water to make a soft dropping consistency (water is considered best). Half-fill greased bun tins with the mixture and bake in a fairly hot to moderate oven (375°–350° F</