Sly Cakes

Ingredients

• loz. of sugar
• Jib. of flour
• 2oz. of butter
• sufficient cold water

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar with flour; add sufficient cold water to make it into a smooth, stiff paste; roll it out three times, spreading butter on each time, folding and rolling it in as for pastry.

2. 2

   When the third butter is folded in, roll it out very thin and cut it into small rounds or squares.

3. 3

   Spread half of the pieces with currants, lay the other half on top, pressing gently to form a sandwich.

4. 4

   Bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sly Cakes. — Mix loz. of sugar with Jib. of flour ; add to this only sufficient cold water to make it into a smooth, stiff paste ; roll it out three times, spreading 2oz. of butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.