A recipe for making cottage pudding –Place in a mixing bowl One cup of sugar,One egg,Six tablespoons of shortening,Two and one-half cups of flour,Five teaspoonfuls of baking powder,One cup of water. Beat hard and thoroughly mix and then bake one-half of this mixture in well-greased custard cups for cottage pudding. To the balance of the mixture add a choice of any of the following:One-half cup cocoanut or One-half cup of finely chopped nuts,One-half cup of finely chopped raisins,One-half cup of currants,candied orange peel or lemon peel,One-half cup of finely chopped figs,dates or evaporated apricots. Pour into well-greased and floured loaf-shaped pan and bake in moderate oven for thirty minutes. Cool and ice with water icing.
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