The Cake and Biscuit Book
Elizabeth Douglas
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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This is a collection of recipes for all types of cakes and biscuits including sponge cakes, fruit cakes, gingerbread and icings. - Summary by Larry Wilson (2 hr 13 min)
Chapters
Preface & General Directions | 9:51 | Read by BettyB |
Sponge Cakes | 6:03 | Read by ashleighjane |
White Cakes | 10:26 | Read by BettyB |
Layer Cakes | 13:50 | Read by Jeff Novak |
Various Cakes | 8:04 | Read by CBinns |
Fruit Cakes | 14:03 | Read by Dean Leggiero |
Icings | 5:36 | Read by Laurie Banza |
Gingerbread | 6:41 | Read by mleigh |
Cakes made with Yeast | 5:59 | Read by Tracy Fay |
Fried Cakes | 4:43 | Read by Dean Leggiero |
Little Cakes and Sweet Biscuits, Part 1 | 16:14 | Read by BookBard |
Little Cakes and Sweet Biscuits, Part 2 | 14:43 | Read by BookBard |
Breakfast and Tea Cakes | 13:11 | Read by BettyB |
Schoolroom Cakes | 4:08 | Read by Larry Wilson |
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Phxjennifer
The Recipes generally sound good, but the author assumes you already know how to bake. Sometimes she leaves out how hot your oven should be, sometimes she buries a vital ingredient in the directions, rather than listing it in the beginning. One recipe called for a quarter cup of yeast (!), but I think she was talking about what modern cooks call a sourdough culture. The narrators all did a good job, but I would definitely have to write out these recipes and study them to get edible results.