Breakfast Cake

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour (all purpose)
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• % cup shortening (butter and lard)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• Pinch of ground nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, sugar, shortening and baking powder together until they form crumbs.

2. 2

   Save enough crumbs to sprinkle on top of cake.

3. 3

   Then add eggs (well beaten), milk, nuts and nutmeg.

4. 4

   Bake in moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREAKFAST CAKE 4 cups flour (all purpose) 1 cup sweet milk 2 cups granulated sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder % cup shortening 3 eggs (butter and lard) Pinch of ground nutmeg 1 cup chopped nuts

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