Seed Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoonful seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• flour to roll out

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar, then add milk and seeds.

2. 2

   Mix in baking powder and enough flour to form a dough.

3. 3

   Roll out and cut into shapes before baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

4 cup butter, i cup molasses, i cup milk, i cup raisins, 3',4 cups flour, i teaspoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. SUNDAY, dec! Breakfast— Brewis with Cream. Fried Cod. Fish Cakes. Warmed Potatoes. Breakfast Puffs. Coffee. Dinner— Roast Beef. Gravy. Browned Baked Potatoes. Canned Tomatoes. Celery. Bread and Butter. Mince and Lemon Pies. Cheese. Supper— Welsh Rare Bit. Bread and Butter. Bananas and Lemon. Cake. Tea. Bananas and Lemon.— Prepare the bananas the night before. Remove the skins and cut in slices about an inch thick, place on a berry dish and sprinkle with sugar, i tablespoonful to 4 bananas. Then squeeze over that the juice of 1 lemon, adding i tablespoonful cold water. Set in a cool place until ready to serve. IT MONDAY, DEC. 18 Breakfa5t— Wheat Germ with Cream. Omelet. Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner— Black Bean Soup. Beef Rolls or Olives. Baked White and Sweet Potatoes. Bread Pudding. Supper— Sardines Garnished with Lemon. Thin Bread and Butter. Cut up Oranges. Cake. Cocoa. Black Bean Soup.— Wash and pick over a pint of black beans. Put on the stove with 2 quarts of water, a sliced onion, a bay leaf, a bunch of sweet herbs, a stalk of celery and a few sprays of parsley. Simmer gently until the beans are tender enough to rub through a colander. After straining, add i quart of strong stock, boil all to- gether and serve. TUESDAY, Cream. DEC. Sausage. 19 Po- Breakfast— Indian Mush with Buckwheat Cakes. Coriet. Dinner— Boiled Leg of Mutton. Caper Sauce. Boiled Rice. tatoes. Bread and Butter. Orange Short-cake. Supper— Sliced Mutton. Currant Jelly. Bread and Butter. Seed Cakes. Tea. Seed Cakes.— i cup butter, 2 cups sugar, i cup milk, 1 table- spoonful seeds, iH teaspoonfuls baking powder, flour to roll out

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