Fried Cakes en Surprise

Ingredients

• 3}/^ cups of flour
• 5 teasps. of baking-powder
• % teasp. salt
• 1 cup and 2 tbsps. of powdered sugar
• 2 large or 3 small eggs
• 3 tbsps. of soft butter
• 1 tbsp. vanilla
• 5 drops of oil of nutmeg
• 1 cup of milk

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour with baking powder and salt three times.

2. 2

   Add powdered sugar to beaten eggs, butter, vanilla, and oil of nutmeg.

3. 3

   Add flour alternately with milk, rolling dough thin.

4. 4

   Cut into rounds, place filling in center, wet edges, cover with another round, pinch edges, and fry in deep fat.

5. 5

   Dust with powdered sugar and wrap in paraffine paper.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from One hundred picnic suggestions (1915) by Linda Hull Larned, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried Cakes en Surprise Sift 3}/^ cups of flour with 5 teasps. of baking-powder and % teasp. salt 3 times, add 1 cup and 2 tbsps. of powdered sugar to 2 large or 3 small eggs beaten very light, 3 tbsps. of soft butter, 1 tbsp. vanilla and 5 drops of oil of nutmeg. Add the flour, alter- nately, with 1 cup of milk

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