Shrewsbury Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 2 pounds flour
• nutmeg
• some caraway seeds
• 2 eggs
• 6 ounces melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix powdered sugar, flour, nutmeg, caraway seeds, and beaten eggs with melted butter.

2. 2

   Roll out thin, cut into diamonds, and bake.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from With a saucepan over the sea (1902) by Adelaide Keen, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

^ pound powdered sugar, 4 eggs, J^ pound chopped candied peel, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and a cup of chopped almonds. Mix as usual, let it rise before adding i cup more flour and the nuts and peel, etc., then let it rise again. Pour into a Turk's head mould and bake i hour. While hot, pour over a syrup, made of i cup sugar, 2 table- spoonfuls of water, and a teaspoonful of vanilla, wine, or cordial. Dust the top with powdered sugar and serve hot, in slices. PARSNIP CAKES. (Very old English recipe.) These do not taste of parsnips at all, and can be found still in the little country farms or cottages. Boil 3 parsnips until tender, mash and press through a sieve, mix in proportions of i tea- cupful to I quart of hot milk, ^ pint of yeast, some salt, and flour to make a stiff batter. Cover, ij;8 With a Saucepan over the Sea set in a warm place, and when risen to twice its size, knead into flat cakes, very thin. These must rise again and be baked until brown. Can be eaten with butter, like crumpets or scones, or with gravy, like Yorkshire pudding, with a roast of meat. PARKIN CAKES. (England.) These are eaten on Guy Fawkes* Day. Mix i ^ pounds of flour, ^ pound butter, ij4 pounds fine oatmeal, 2 pounds brown sugar, 2 ounces of pow- dered ginger, i pint molasses, 3 teaspoonfuls of carbonate of soda, and 2 ounces butter, and a tea- spoonful of vanilla or lemon. Let it stand i hour. Roll into thin cakes, and bake in a slow oven at least an hour. Half the recipe is sufficient for a small family. SHREWSBURY CAKES. (England.) Mix I pound powdered sugar with 2 pounds flour, add nutmeg and some caraway seeds, — currants may be used instead, — 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, and 6 ounces melted butter

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