Hasty Tea Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pt. of flour
• butter size of an egg
• 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon of soda
• 1 cup of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour with butter, rub in cream of tartar, add soda, and cold water to make a stiff batter.

2. 2

   Bake quickly on a tin.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 377. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teaspoon of soda and 1 egg. Use just enough flour to make a soft loaf. Before putting into pans add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, ^ teaspoon of allspice, and a pinch of cloves. — Mrs. A. Morgan, 429 19th Ave., Maywood, 111. MARBLED SPICE CAKE.— Cream H cup of butter and 2 cups sugar, then divide into equal parts; in one part put the well- beaten whites of 4 eggs, and into the other the beaten yolks. Into the light part put ^ cup of sweet milk, 2 small cups of flourv sifted with a teaspoon of baking powder. Into the dark part put a teaspoon of allspice, cinnamon, and vanilla extract, and a % tea- spoon of ginger, cloves and nutmeg. Stir the two lightly together, not enough to mix but to give the marbled eflfect. Bake in a loaf. Boiled white frosting. — Mrs. Bruce, Maywood, 111. SPONGE CAKE.— Beat 5 eggs and 1 cup of sugar 15 min- utes; add a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of lemon extract, Ij^ cups water, 1 cup flour, sifted 3 times with 1 teaspoon erf baking powder. Put into oven and bake. — Alice E. Nelson, 404 S. 1st St., May- wood, 111. VARIATION I.— Beat the yolks and whites of 7 eggs sepa- rately. Put a level cup of sugar and 1 of flour (both sifted sepa- rately 3 times) into beaten yolks. Add J/^ teaspoon of cream of tartar into beaten whites. Then mix into the yellow batter. Add vanilla to taste. Bake in a sponge cake pan in a slow oven for about 1 hr.— Mrs. J. W. Marelius, 2329 Cornelia St., Chicago, III. STEAMED CAKE.— Beat together 2 eggs, V/z cups sugar, M cup butter; add 1 cup currants, 1 cup raisins, 2 tablespoons mo- lasses, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 teaspoon mixed spices, 1 heaping tea- spoon baking soda, put in a cup and dissolved with 2 teaspoons of vinegar, fill cup with buttermilk and add to cake. Mix stiflf with flour, put in a dish and steam 2 hrs., then bake slowly ^ an. hr,— Mrs. E, E. Redding, Riverdale,- III, 552 CAKE STRAWBERRY CAKE.— Cream together 2 eggs, }i cup but- ter, ^ cup white sugar, 2 small cups flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 table- spoon sour cream. Mix all together and put in 1 cup strawberries, and bake in jell}^ cake tins. Use strawberry icing and filling and place whole strawberries on top. — Mrs. Hugh Moafner, Summit, III. SUNSHINE CAKE.— Beat whites of 7 eggs stiff; add 1 cup of sugar, sifted; beat for 10 minutes. Beat the 7 yolks stiff, stir into the whites slowly and careiuWy. Sift 1 small cup of flour 5 times, and add a small teaspoon of cream of tartar to the last sift- ing. Add flour to other ingredients very slowly, and flavor with 14 teaspoon of vinegar. Bake 45 minutes in a very slow oven. — Mrs. Gust W. Youngstedt, 403 S. 3rd Ave., Maywood, 111. HASTY TEA CAKE.— Mix 1 pt. of flour with butter size of an egg. Rub well with 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar; add 1 tea- spoon of soda (if preferred, use 2 teaspoons baking powder instead of tartar and soda). Add 1 cup of cold water

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