6 ounces of cornflour
1 / 4 of a pound of flour
1 teaspoonful of baking powder
the rind of 1 small lemon
1 / 4 pound of castor sugar
6 ounces of butter
1 egg
1 / 2 a gill of milk
Chop the lemon rind up very finely. Well mix the flour and baking powder together on a sheet of paper.
Put the butter into a clean basin and beat it up to a cream with a large wooden spoon.
Add the sugar and beat the ingredients until they are light and white.
Add the egg and when it has been well beaten in add the flour and peel and wet into rather a soft batter with a little milk. Grease the patty pans and drop 1 dessertspoonful of the batter into each. Bake in a warm oven.
Cooking time, about 5 minutes to bake.
Sufficient for 2 or 2 1 /2 dozen cakes
