Cake Shortcake

Ingredients

• 1 small cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoonfuls baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter and sugar to a cream; sift the flour and baking powder together; beat the egg stiff without separating; put the egg with the sugar and butter, add the water and flour in turn, a little at a time, stirring steadily; bake in two layer-tins.

2. 2

   Put crushed berries between, and whole berries on top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl (1905) by Caroline French Benton, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cake Shortcake 1 small cup sugar. % cup butter. 126 A LITTLE COOK BOOK 1 cup cold water. 1 egg. 2 cups flour. 3 teaspoonfuls baking-powder

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