APPLE CAKE

A quantity of stewed apples cold and well drained, cooked day before if possible.

8 ozs SR flour
4 oz butter (marg.)
2 tblespoons sugar
1 egg
2 tblespoons cold water

Cream butter and sugar  add egg beaten, water, flour. Mix into a firm dough. Some times I find the dough too soft to handle especially in hot weather so I add corn flour to stiffen it up.

Line a tin and put on the oven slide  leave enough dough to cover top, spread thickly with stewed apples. Just before putting into oven  brush over with cold water an sprinkle with sugar  bake 400 degrees for 20 min.

PLAIN STEAMED PUDDING

serves 4 people

1 Tbspoon butter  1/2 cup sugar  1/2 cup milk
1 egg  cup SR Flour

Cream butter and sugar  add egg, then milk, and flour. Grease a basin  put 2 tspoons jam in bottom, put in pudding mixture  cover top with papper, greased, or a lid that fits closely.

Place basin in saucepan of boiling water, that comes about 1/4 way up basin  cook for 3/4 hr  taking care water doesn’t get into the top of basin.

Variations   take out 1 tbspoon of flour  add 1 tbspoon of cocoa and vanilla essence

Add 1/2 cup of currants and lemon essence.