Madeira Cake Without Sugar
Dear Aunt Daisy, Now that sugar is so precious, we must pick out cake recipes which use the very minimum of it. Here is one recipe which I have found very good. Six ounces of butter, 6 oz. flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 5 oz. sweetened condensed milk, 3. tablespoons water, 4 teaspoon salt, and the grated rind of 1 lemon, or a little essence of lemon. Put the butter in a warmed basin, cut it up small, and then cream it with the condensed milk. Add the eggs, either beaten or one by one, and mix well, also the dry ingredients and the lemon rind. Then add the water, and bake in moderate oven till a golden brown. Other cakes could be made with condensed milk, working out the amount needed by judging by the amount in this cake. I have made Kisses and Pearl Cakes, and have found them quite a success. I use 1 oz. less of condensed milk than butter. Thus for 8 oz. butter I use 7 oz. milk, but if there are dates or other sweetening in, I use less milk. The milk is not diluted. Perhaps this idea may be of use to housewives who have to cut lunches for their menfolk who are fond of homemade cake---and who _isn’t?-"Just Another Link" (Glen Eden),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 175, 30 October 1942, Page 11
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227Madeira Cake Without Sugar New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 175, 30 October 1942, Page 11
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