Fairy Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 ozs. butter
• 2 ozs. castor sugar
• 2 ozs. flour
• 2 ozs. cornflour
• £ teaspoonful baking powder
• £ teaspoonful essence of lemon
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoonfuls milk

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.

2. 2

   Drop in the egg, and continue beating.

3. 3

   Mix flour, cornflour, and powder together, gradually add them to the butter and egg.

4. 4

   Add the milk and flavouring.

5. 5

   Beat quite smooth and light.

6. 6

   Brush the inside of twelve small fancy patty pans with butter, dust them with flour, and put a good teaspoonful of the mixture in each.

7. 7

   Bake on the top shelf of a smart oven for eight minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FAIRY CAKES. 2 ozs. butter 2 ozs. castor sugar 2 ozs. flour 2 ozs. cornflour £ teaspoonful baking powder £ teaspoonful essence of lemon 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls milk

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