Rock Cakes
From Wholesome cookery, 1887
Can also be made with different proportions.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Rock Cakes. Half a pound of flour, 2 ounces of butter, 2 ounces of currants, 1 tablespoonful of sugar, half a table- spoonful of baking powder. Mix the powder and flour 166 WHOLESOME COOKERY. first; add the sugar and currants, then rub in the butter ; next, enough milk to make it stiff (about 1 teacupful of milk will be sufficient
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