Short Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 egg, beaten until very light

Method

1. 1

   Sift the flour, then measure and sift again with dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Cut or rub the butter into the flour.

3. 3

   Add milk and eggs mixed, to flour, mix lightly.

4. 4

   Roll on floured board three-fourths of an inch thick.

5. 5

   Bake in one cake or cut as large biscuits for individual short cakes.

6. 6

   Split open, spread lightly with butter then thickly with sweetened fruit.

7. 7

   Cover with upper crust and serve with juice of fruit sweetened, and with cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delta Gamma cook book (1922), page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Short Cake 2 cups berries, measure after mashing 2 cups sugar, pulverized 2 egg whites, well beaten Beat sugar into berries, then beat in whites. Mix thoroughly. Cut any light layer cake into small squares, taking two squares for each person. Cover one piece with ice cream, put second piece on top cover it with ice cream, and put the above mixture over this. Harriet Waters (Lambda Nu). Short Cake 1 pint flour M teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream of tartar \\i cups sweet milk 2 tablespoons butter Mix dry ingredients, add butter as for pie and then add milk. Half the recipe makes a small short cake, enough for two people. AUce Meese (Eta Upsilon). Short Cake 2 cups flour Vi teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder Yi cup milk 4 tablespoons butter 1 egg, beaten until very Hght

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