Cream Cakes

Ingredients

• V2 cup butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 cups scalded milk
• % cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Y2 teaspoon salt
• teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Heat butter and water until boiling, then add flour.

2. 2

   When mixed, remove from range and add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg is added.

3. 3

   Drop in circular shapes on a buttered sheet 1.5 inches apart, having each cake slightly heaped in the center.

4. 4

   Bake thirty minutes in moderate oven.

5. 5

   Fill with cream filling just before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAM CAKES V2 cup butter 4 eggs 1 cup boiling water 1 cup flour Heat butter and water until boiling, then add flour. When mixed, remove from range and add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg is added. Drop in circular shapes on a buttered sheet IY2 inches apart, having each cake slightly heaped in the center. Bake thirty minutes in moderate oven. Fill with cream filling just before serving. Cream Filling 1/3 cup flour 2 cups scalded milk % cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla or Y2 Vs teaspoon salt teaspoon lemon 2 eggs extract Mix flour, sugar and salt. Add eggs slightly beaten, and add scalded milk. Cook fifteen minutes in a double boiler, and stir until thickened. Cool and flavor. Mrs. Sturgis E. Leavitt. The Chapel Hill Cook Book 73 DATE BARS 1 cup sugar 1% teaspoons baking 1V2 cups flour powder 1 cup nuts 3 eggs, beaten separately 1 lb. dates Pinch of salt 2 teaspoons vanilla Bake 45 minutes in moderate oven. Cut in bars about 1 inch wide. Sprinkle powdered sugar over them while warm. Mrs. Woollen. DOUGHNUTS 2 cups mashed potatoes 1 cup milk 3 eggs well beaten 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 5 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups sugar 5 cups flour Beat eggs well, add sugar, and continue beating until light. Add melted shortening and cold mashed potatoes. Next add milk and mix until smooth. Add dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Beat well but always keep soft dough. Fry in hot fat, turning often. Mrs. H. D. Wolf. FRUITED CRISPS 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1*4 cups flour % teaspoon salt 1

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