Huckleberry Shortcake

Ingredients

• 2 qts fresh huckleberries
• butter each piece
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablesp flour

Method

1. 1

   Bake any preferred shortcake.

2. 2

   While baking, stew huckleberries and sweeten to taste.

3. 3

   When the cake is done, split open, spread with butter, layer with stewed berries, and serve with a sauce made from sugar, flour, boiling water, butter, salt, and flavoring.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HUCKLEBERRY SHORTCAKES 79 Strawberry Shortcake I To 1 qt wheat flour sifted with 3 teasp baking powder, add 2 tablesp sugar, 1 teasp salt, 2 tablesp lard, 2 tablesp butter, melted, 1 pt sweet milk, and 2 eggs well beaten. Roll and bake in square tins. When done, split the cake open and fill with strawberries prepared as follows: Crush berries lightly and mix with sugar to taste and thick sweet cream. This same recipe is nice for any kind of fruit. — [Miss LI. E. K., N. Y. Strawberry Shortcake II Make a rich biscuit dough, roll about 1 inch thick, bake, and when done split open, butter each piece generously, and between them put strawberries lightly crushed and well sweet- ened. Serve warm with cream. — [M. D. M., Kan. Blueberry Shortcake Bake a shortcake from a rich biscuit dough and when done split open and fill with the following: To 1 qt blueberries add y^. cup water, 1 cup sugar and 1 tablesp cornstarch. Boil about 10 minutes. — [Mrs. L. S., Minn. Huckleberry Shortcake Bake any preferred shortcake and while it is baking stew 2 qts fresh huckleberries and sweeten to taste. When the cake is done, split open and spread each piece with butter, place on. a platter and between each layer put plenty of the stewed berries, also some on top. Serve with sauce made as follows: Mix thoroughly 1 cup sugar with 2 tablesp flour

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