Piped soft pastry fingers with lemon flavouring, iced. Known only from 'Vine's Shop Goods.' Original Receipt from 'Saleable Shop Goods for Counter-Tray and Window:' by Frederick T Vine (Vine 1907) No. 86.- Hastings Favourites. 1 lb. butter; 1lb sugar 1 1/4 lbs flour; 8 eggs Milk; Volatile Essence of lemon. Mode, - Cream up the butter and sugar, adding the eggs in the usual manner; add a few drops of essence and just as much volatile as you can lay on a sixpence without spilling, mix in the flour with a little milk; put the mixture into a savoy bag having a large tube, and lay out on to paper in cakes 3 1/2 ins. long, and about 1 1/2 ins. wide. Bake in a warm oven to a nice golden colour. When done, take from the paper by damping, and ice over the flat side with a little Fondant Icing (No. 5), flavoured with a little oil of lemon. Sell at 1d. each. |
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