Scotch Cake

Ingredients

• three-quarters of a pound of butter
• a pound of powdered and sifted sugar
• one pound of dried flour
• one table-spoonful of powdered cinnamon
• a quarter of a pint of milk

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to cream, add sugar, flour, cinnamon, and milk.

2. 2

   Roll out the dough to a thickness of a third of an inch, cut into cakes, and bake in a well-heated oven until lightly and equally coloured.

3. 3

   Time to bake: about half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1740. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scotch Cake. — Beat three-quarters of a pound of butter to cream, add a pound of pow- dered and sifted sugar, one pound of dried flour, one table-spoonful of powdered cinnamon, and a quarter of a pint of milk

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