Short Cake Number 1

Ingredients

• 2 cups mixed flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• I cup fat
• 4 teaspoons baking-powder
• | teaspoon salt
• About | cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix as baking-powder biscuit dough.

2. 2

   Divide the dough into 2 equal parts.

3. 3

   Shape one to fit a shallow greased tin.

4. 4

   Brush the top of the dough with melted fat, shape and place the second portion of dough over the first.

5. 5

   Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Split.

7. 7

   Put crushed and sweetened fruit on one half.

8. 8

   Place the other half over it.

9. 9

   More fruit may be placed on top.

10. 10

    Serve with whipped cream if liked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Metropolitan cook book (1918) by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHORT CAKE • Number 1 2 cups mixed flour 2 tablespoons sugar I cup fat 4 teaspoons baking-powder | teaspoon salt About | cup milk

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