B could be for Biscuits, but here are some cakes
Banana Cake
Banana Cake - C.W.A.
4 ozs. butter
4 - Sugar
2 eggs
3 or 4 bananas (depends on size)
8 ozs S.R. flour
½ cup milk
1 sml teaspoon carb soda
Cream butter & sugar, beat in eggs.
Add sifted flour and mashed bananas, then finally the soda dissolved in milk.
Mix lightly till smooth and creamy.
2 log tins mod[erate] oven (about) 40 mins.
Whipped cream and chocolate icing
Hannah was a member of the Tarlee C.W.A. (Country Women's Association) for many years. At meetings once a month many recipes were tasted, sometimes jealously guarded but often shared and exchanged. Many C.W.A. branches are renowned for their baking prowess. In South Australia I always knew this recipe as Banana Cake but in other States it is commonly referred to as Banana Bread.
Boiled Fruit Cake
There are many recipes throughout the folder that use dried fruits, usually a mixture of currants, sultanas and raisins with glace fruits added for colour and flavour. This cake was a sturdy standby for shearing time when meals, morning and afternoon tea were provided to the shearers. It was also a popular cake to take back to boarding school after the long holidays to retain that taste of home. It is a quick and easy cake to make.
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Boiled Fruit Cake
2 cups mxd fruit
1 - Brown Sugar
¼ lb Margarine
1 teasp. carb soda
1 cup water, 1 teasp. mxd spice.
Place these ingredients in a saucepan & bring to boil. simmer for 1 min. only. then cool and add ½ cup pln [plain] flour & 1½ cups S.R. Flour (sifted tog.) and 2 beaten eggs, 1 hpd [heaped] tablesp. marmalade
Bake in 325° oven for about 1¼ hours.
What fun to follow your mother's recipes for the challenge! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by. Hope you'll find something tasty.
DeleteBOILED? That's a new one to me. I had to go look at the A recipes too. Family recipes with a story to go with each one would make a great Christmas gift.
ReplyDeleteJust can’t imagine calling it “simmered” fruit cake 😀 Guess it is just the name my mother used.
DeleteYes, Banana Bread is what I always knew, and make it when the bananas last long enough. Although with less than 4 cups of sugar. I'm with Wendy...boiled is new, but then again, Fruit Cake is not a favorite...maybe I should try it with boiled fruit. Love the original cards with her handwriting and places that show the recipe was well used...or had boiled fruit dropped on them.
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Several of her granddaughters recall cooking with her from these recipes so I imagine some sticky little fingers were helping Nana! Ah, tis 4 ozs. sugar not cups, I've transcribed as she wrote with dashes to signify the measure waas the same as the line above it.
DeleteWouldn't it be interesting to compared different recipes from the era if others had similar ones. My family were always big on biscuits and cakes too.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, I rarely make cake or biscuits nowadays and if doing so certainly use less sugar than these recipes.
DeleteBoiled was new terminology to me. My banana bread would be close to your cake. https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/
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