Shortcake

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoonfuls butter
• 1/2 cupful sugar
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• % cupful milk
• 1 cupful flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, stir in the sugar and beat until light.

2. 2

   Then stir in the well beaten egg yolk and add the milk alternately with the flour to which the baking powder has been added.

3. 3

   Fold in the egg white which is beaten stiff and bake in two layers.

4. 4

   Spread crushed and sweetened berries between the layers and over the top of the cake.

5. 5

   Serve with cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shortcake 1 egg 3 tablespoonfuls butter 1/2 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder % cupful milk 1 cupful flour

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