saint clement's cake
1/2 cup self-rising flour
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons Lemon CurdSift flour into a bowl. Melt butter in a small pan. Set aside to cool. Whisk eggs and sugar until very pale and creamy. Fold in flour and melted butter. Pour into an 8-inch greased cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.Turn out on a rack. Cool. Cut cake into three layers. Sandwich with Lemon Curd. Pour Icing over cake so that top and sides are coated (do not spread). Leave to set. Decorate top of cake with strips of orange and lemon candy slices.Lemon Curd
1/2 pound butter or margarine
1/2 pound granulated sugar
4 eggs, slightly beaten
Juice of 2 or 3 lemonsMelt sugar and butter in a double boiler. When warm, stir in eggs and lemon juice. Continue to stir until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and store in a dry jar in the refrigerator.Icing
1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Slices of orange and lemon
Crystallized candiesSift confectioners sugar. Mix with lemon juice and a little water to make icing stiff enough to coat back of spoon.
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cornish picnic pasties
Pastry for 2-crust pie
1 1/2 cups peeled, thinly sliced potatoes
1 small turnip, quartered/thinly sliced
1/2 cup coarsely chopped carrot
2 tablespoons chopped onion
3/4 pound ground beef
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons margarine
1 egg, beatenPrepare pastry. Form dough into 6 balls cover and refrigerate.In a mixing bowl, combine ground beef, potatoes, turnip, carrot, parsley, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.To make pasties, roll each ball of dough into an 8-inch circle. Spread 1/6 of the filling on half of each circle. Dot filling with margarine. Moisten edge of each circle. Fold over. Fold edge of bottom crust over top. Seal with fingers.Make 2 slits in top of each pasty. Brush top of each with beaten egg. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 30 minutes. Cool on wire racks.Wrap each in foil for transportation to picnic or work. Can be prepared the night before and refrigerated. Next day, wrap in foil and head for picnic. For serving you may want to cut pasties in half and have some mustard sauce handy.
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shamrock salad
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!First Layer
1 small box lime gelatin
1 small can undrained crushed pineappleDissolve gelatin in one cup hot water, then cool. Add pineapple. Pour mixture into large mold and chill until set.Second Layer
1 small box lemon gelatin
6 ounces cream cheese
10 marshmallows
2 cups whipping creamDissolve gelatin in one cup hot water. Mix one package cream cheese with one cup whipping cream. Pour mixture on top of set lime gelatin. Chill until set.Mix remaining cream cheese with one cup whipped cream and the marshmallows cut into small pieces. Turn out mold on lettuce green and top with this mixture.Whip 1/2 cup cream and add drained maraschino cherries and drained pineapple slices, arranged to form an attractive circle on top.
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