Shrewsbury Cakes

Name: Shrewsbury Cakes
Ingredients: A pound of butter; three fourths pound of sugar; a little mace; four eggs; Put this composition to a pound of flour

From The Pocumtuc housewife, 1897

Presented as published in 1897. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Pocumtuc housewife (1897), page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shrewsbury Cakes. A pound of butter, three fourths pound of sugar, a little mace, four eggs. Mix and beat with your hand till very light. Put this composition to a pound of flour

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