Currant Short Cake

Ingredients

• 0.5 lb. flour
• 0.5 lb. butter
• 1 tea-sp. sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 0.5 tea-sp. baking powder
• 0.5 lb. currants
• 2 oz. sugar
• 1 oz. butter
• 0.5 tea-sp. mixed spice
• Cold water

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the flour and baking powder into a basin with 1 tea-spoonful of fine sugar and a pinch of salt.

2. 2

   Put in the butter, and rub together with the tips of the fingers until free from lumps and like fine bread-crumbs.

3. 3

   Add enough water to form all into one lump, keeping the paste rather stiff.

4. 4

   Roll each piece into a round about 0.5 inch in thickness.

5. 5

   Clean the currants, mix them with the 2 oz. of sugar and the spice.

6. 6

   Spread them over one of the rounds of pastry and put the 1 oz. of butter in small pieces on top.

7. 7

   Wet the edges and place the second piece of pastry on top.

8. 8

   Press together and mark the edges neatly.

9. 9

   Bake until nicely browned and thoroughly cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 924. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. About 1 tea-cupful milk. Beat the butter to a cream, and mix in the sugar, carefully sieved. Add the cocoanut, and the eggs well beaten. Then sieve the flour with the baking powder, and mix these in to the other mixture gradually, adding enough milk to make the mixture just soft enough to drop from the spoon. (A cake made with milk should never be too moist.) When all is thoroughly beaten, pour the mixture into a lined cake tin and bake in a moderate oven until the cake is nicely risen and feels firm to the touch. Time to bake, 1J to 2 hours. Probable cost, Is. 8 d. 2774. Coffee Cake | lb. flour. 2 eggs. | lb. brown sugar. 2 to 3 oz. butter. 2 table-sps. syrup. 2 table-sps. coffee essence. 1 tea-sp. mixed spice. J lb. currants. | lb. sultanas. 1 tea-sp. carbonate of soda. 1 gill warm milk. Sieve the flour and spice into a basin, and rub in the butter until free from lumps. Then add the sugar, and the fruit carefully prepared. Mix to- gether and make a well in the centre. Add the eggs well beaten, the syrup, coffee, and soda dissolved in the warm milk. Stir together until thoroughly mixed, and then beat for a minute or two. Bake in a tin lined with greased paper. Time to bake, about 1 hour. Probable cost, Is. 4 d. 2775. Currant Short Cake \ lb. flour. £ lb. butter. 1 tea-sp. sugar. A pinch of salt. | tea-sp. baking powder. Cold water. £ lb. currants. 2 oz. sugar. 1 oz. butter. J tea-sp. mixed spice

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