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Soldiers’ Rock Cakes

Send a good big home-made cake to your soldier at the front or in camp.

Originally published in the Sunday Times (Sydney), on Sunday 30 September 1917

Rub the butter into the flour. Add the rest of the ingredients, the eggs well beaten.
Drop in small lumps on a floured baking-sheet, and bake for half an hour.

Note: No temperature was supplied with the recipe. Traditional rock cakes are baked at 200C/180C fan-forced 15-20 minutes.

Source: Housewife’s Column (1917, September 30). Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1930), p. 18.