My Mother's Recipe Book

On 13 June 1947, when she was 22 years old and recently married, my mother started a recipe book in a looseleaf 4-ring binder. Some of them are in her handwriting, and some are typewritten. These recipes were used in the decade after the end of World War 2, when many items of food were in short supply. Some were even rationed until the early 1950s.

Ingredients are in Imperial Measures.

Biscuits:

• Uncle Toby's Biscuits
• Ginger Flakes
• Yo-Yo Biscuits or Custard Kisses
• Monte Carlo Biscuits
• Coconut Shortbread
• Jam Drops
• Heavenly Tart
• Marshmallow Biscuits
• Coconut Biscuits

Desserts:

• Quick Steamed Pudding
• Lemon Snow
• Twenty Minutes Pudding
• Steamed Honey Pudding
• Banana Batter Pudding
• Sago Custard
• Sago Fluff
• Ice Cream 1
• Ice Cream 2

Cakes:

• Date Loaf
• Sponge Sandwich
• Two Egg Sponge
• Coffee Sandwich Cake
• Gem Scones with Honey
• Chocolate and Nut Loaves
• Kentish Cake
• Chocolate Sponge
• Belgian Teacake
• Gem Scones
• Orange Teacake
• Orange Macaroon Cake or Daisy Cake
• Mocha Bar

Soups:

• Tomato Soup
• Lettuce Soup

Main Meals:

• Omelette
• Casserole of Liver

Other Recipes:

• Green Mango Chutney
• Coffee Cream
• Ginger Beer