HARVESTER’S CAKE (very large)

The cooked apples taste like citron – delicious and not expensive.

Soak 3 cupfuls of dried apples overnight in cold water enough to swell them.
Chop them in the morning and stew with 3 cups molasses until soft; add 2 handfuls of seedless raisins (opt) and stew a few moments.

When cold, add 3 cupfuls of flour*, spice if preferred, 1 cupful of butter or marg, 3 eggs and 1 tsp bicarb. Mix well.
Bake in mod oven to make 2 good-sized cakes.

* SR needed for this quantity?

AUSTRALIAN SHORTCAKE

2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup each of coconut and sugar
125g butter
1 tsp vanilla
salt

Melt butter, add rest of ingredients. Pack into greased baking tin to a depth of 1/2 inch. Bake in a slow oven 150–160°C until golden. Cut into squares while warm.