Take one lemon, apply one piece of lump sugar on the rind, and keep on rubbing this until you get the side of the sugar perfectly yellow. Then take a knife and grate off the colored sugar on to a piece of paper. This is impregnated with the oil of the lemon. Then apply the sugar again until you have gone all round the lemon. Have ready a bottle with a large neck, so as to pass a knife or a teaspoon in easy access to the sugar. Into this bottle pour the colored sugar and cork well until required.

Every time you buy a lemon do the same thing, then you will always have pure essence of lemon ready for your cakes, puddings, etc., in fact for anything you want to flavor with essence of lemon. This is the purest essence of lemon that can be bought.

Orange Essence is secured by exactly the same process as that for lemons. It is not necessary to buy oranges or lemons for the purpose, as the fruit is not spoilt and can be used for desert, if desired.