Biscuit Cakes

Ingredients

• lib. of flour
• Jib. of well-washed butter
• one egg, well whisked
• Jib. of powdered sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• sufficient milk to make a light smooth paste

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour, add egg, sugar, salt, and milk to form a paste.

2. 2

   Roll out to 0.5 inch thick, cut into shapes, and bake on a floured baking-sheet.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

lib. of flour and Jib. of butter; roll it out the last time to a very thin layer, cut it into about four equal-sized pieces, trimming them either to a square or round shape. Butter a baking-sheet, lay the pieces of paste on it, and bake them in a brisk oven. Stew about ljlb. of strawberries with sugar and a very small quantity of water, and when sufficiently cooked turn them into a basin and leave until cold. When the Cakes are baked and have got quite cold, spread a layer of the strawberries over one, put another Cake on the top of that, which also spread with the strawberries ; proceed the same with the next Cake, and cover with the remaining one. Sift caster sugar over the top of the Cake, place it on a fancy dish, and serve. Preserved strawberries may be used if fresh ones are unattainable (3) Small. — Mix J teaspoonful each of salt and bicarbonate of soda, and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar, in 1 pint of sifted flour. Rub in 2oz. of butter until it is absorbed, then add gradually J pint of milk or cold water, mixing with a knife. Turn it out on to a well-floured paste-board, and toss with the knife until floured ; pat it into a flat Cake, and roll till Jin. thick. Cut it into Cakes with a small round cutter, and put them quite close together on a greased baking- sheet, and bake for ten or fifteen minutes. (4) Take lib. of flour, and rub Jib. of well-washed butter into it; then add one egg, well whisked, Jib. of powdered sugar, 1 pinch of salt, and sufficient milk to make a light smooth paste

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.