Christmas Cakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of milk
• 1 egg
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder
• 1/4 teaspoonful of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter and sugar in a bowl, and rub them together till smooth and creamy.

2. 2

   Beat the egg without separating it, and put that in next; beat all together, then add the milk, a little at a time.

3. 3

   Put a rounded spoonful of baking-powder in the flour and stir it well, and add that slowly, mixing as you do it; and, last, put in the vanilla.

4. 4

   Grease some little scalloped tins, and fill them half full; bake till brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The fun of cooking (1915) by Caroline French Benton, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Christmas cakes Underneath the large table was a smaller one ; this Mother Blair pulled out and pushed across the room to an empty place. Then she wrote out very plainly a little receipt, and under this she explained exactly how to put things together; this she pinned on the wall over the table. ** There!'' she said. **Now you can go right to worf This was what was on the paper : CHRISTMAS CAKES % cup of butter. % cup of sugar. y^ cup of milk. 1 egg. 1 cup of flour. THE DAY BEFORE CHEISTMAS 17 1 teaspoonful of baking-p'owder. % teaspoonful of vanilla- Put the butter and sugar in a bowl, and rub them to- gether till smooth and creamy. Beat the egg without separating it^ and put that in next; beat all together, then add the milk, a little at a time. Put a rounded spoonful of baking-powder in the flour and stir it well, and add that slowly, mixing as you do it; and, last, put in the vaniUa. Grease some little scalloped tins, and fill them half full; bake till brown. Mildred rubbed the butter and sugar while Brownie beat the egg; they took turns putting in the other things, and, last, Norah set the tins in the oven for them. Then the two girls rushed into the sitting-room and said, **That *s all done. Mother Blair! . Now something else to cook, please ! ' ' **But don^t forget to watch your cakes,'' said Mother Blair, as she handed them a second receipt. * ^ Open the oven door every little while just enough to peek in at them; if you forget them, they will surely bum.'' The second receipt was for OATMEAL MACAEOONS 3 cups of rolled oats. 2^ teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. % teaspoonful of salt. 3 level tablespoonfuls of butter. 1 cup of sugar. 18 THE FUN OF COOKING 3 eggs, beaten separately. 1 teaspoonful of vanilla.

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