This collection provides practical, everyday recipes and cooking hints centered on baking with a particular baking powder and custard powder, offering scones, breads and rolls, puddings (including milk and fruit custards), pastries and pie crusts, a wide range of cakes and buns, and miscellaneous sauces, salads and savory dishes. Each recipe lists measurements and step-by-step procedures suitable for home cooks, with tips for oven temperatures and variations, plus pastry techniques and preservation suggestions. Period advertising and product endorsements are interwoven with the instructions, and the arrangement emphasizes reliable, simple methods for consistent results.