Shortcake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons lard
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix and sift the dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Add butter and lard and chop until thoroughly blended.

3. 3

   Add milk.

4. 4

   When thoroughly mixed, divide in halves; put each half into a round, buttered cake tin.

5. 5

   Flour hand and pat to fit the tin.

6. 6

   Bake for ten to twelve minutes in hot oven.

7. 7

   Separate the upper portions from the lower portions of each cake with a fork — never cut with a knife.

8. 8

   Spread with butter, fill with filling, and arrange in layers, with filling between.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHORTCAKES Shortcake 2 cups flour 3 tablespoons butter I teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons lard 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add butter and lard and chop until thoroughly blended. Add milk. When thoroughly mixed, divide in halves ; put each half into a round, buttered cake tin. Flour hand and pat to fit the tin. Bake ten to twelve minutes in hot oven. Separate the upper portions from the lower portions of each cake with a fork — never cut with a knife. Spread with butter, fill with filling, and arrange in layers, with filling between. Orange Shortcake Peel oranges, cut in slices. Sweeten to taste and use for filling for shortcake. Peach Shortcake Peel, cut in slices, and sweeten three cups of peaches. Add two tablespoons lemon juice, spread between layers of shortcake. Garnish top layer with peaches and beaten cream. BREAD 167 Strawberry Shortcake Hull, cut in pieces, and sweeten two boxes of straw- berries. Let them stand several hours. Arrange between layers of shortcake and garnish top with whole straw- berries and beaten and sweetened cream. Raspberry, Blackberry, and Pineapple may be made in a similar way. GRIDDLE CAKES Sour Milk Griddle Cakes 2 Clips flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt

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