Aunt Virginia's Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• Put J^ quart of flour into a bowl — make a well in the center —
• put into it four ounces of butter
• three eggs well beaten
• J^ cup of sugar
• one yeast cake, dissolved in two teaspoons of warm water.
• Add 1 unbeaten egg
• If the mixture seems a little too thick, add 1 gill of milk.

Method

1. 1

   Work this mixture gradually into a smooth paste with the flour.

2. 2

   It should now be about the thickness of an ordinary cake batter.

3. 3

   Add another egg and beat again.

4. 4

   Pour this mixture into a greased Turk's Head, cover and stand in a warm place until it doubles its bulk.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderately quick oven 45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Aunt Virginia's Coffee Cake Put J^ quart of flour into a bowl — make a well in the center — put into it four ounces of butter, three eggs well beaten, J^ cup of sugar, and one yeast cake, dissolved in two teaspoons of warm water. Work this mixture gradually into a smooth paste with the flour. It should now be about the thickness of an ordinary cake batter. Add 1 unbeaten egg, beat thoroughly with the hand; then add another egg and beat again. If the mixture seems a little too thick, add 1 gill of milk.

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