Strawberry Short-Cake
From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905
Serves 1
Any other acid berry may be treated in the same manner.
Presented as published in 1905. 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 Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a layer of strawberries with a lio-ht sprinkle of sugar, then another cake of dough, another layer of strawberries and sugar, with a top layer of dough; bake it slowly in an oven or stove, and eat for lunch or dessert, with sugar and butter sauce. This is the simple way to make straw- berry short-cake; any other acid berry may be treated in the same manner. The usual way for other fruits is to make them into tarts; but try cherries, stoned and made into a short-cake, and after the recipe for Grandmother's Short-cake. Grandmotlier's Strawberry Short-Cake.— Take a coffee-cup of cream or sour milk, beat into it a little salt and a small teaspoonful of soda, and bef ore-it stops foaming stir in enough flour to enable you to roll it out, but be sure not to get it very stiff. Roll into three circles, spread butter on top of each, and place one on top of PASTRY AND PUDDINGS. 29 the other. Bake until well done, then pull the three layers apart, butter one and cover with struv/berries, then butter the second and lay, crust downwards, over the first; thea another layer of strawberries
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