Tea Cake

Ingredients

• a rounding tablespoon of butter
• three cups of flour
• a saltspoon of salt
• six level teaspoons of baking powder
• one-quarter cup of sugar
• one egg light
• one and one-half cups of milk

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour with salt, baking powder, and sugar.

2. 2

   Beat egg, add milk and dry ingredients, and mix well.

3. 3

   Pour into a buttered pan and bake for about twenty minutes.

4. 4

   Cut through the crust to serve.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus (1911) by Rufus Estes, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TEA CAKES— Into three-quarters of a pound of flour stir a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of baking powder, three ounces of butter and lard mixed in equal portions, three ounces of sifted sugar and two ounces of sultanas. Chop one and half ounces of candied lemon peel, add that and moisten all with two well beaten eggs and a little milk if necessary. Work these ingredients together, with a wooden spoon turn on to a board and form into round cakes. Place them on a floured baking sheet and cook in a quick oven. Five minutes before the cakes are done brush them over with milk to form a glaze, and when ready to serve cut each through with a knife and spread liberally with butter. SUNSHINE CAKE— Cream one cup of butter, add two cups of sugar and beat, add one cup of milk, the yolks of eleven eggs beaten until very light and smooth, and three cups of flour sifted with four teaspoons of baking powder three times to make it very light. Turn into a tube baking pan and bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. TEA CAKE — This cake is to be eaten warm with butter. Rub a rounding tablespoon of butter into three cups of flour sifted with a saltspoon of salt, six level teaspoons of baking powder and one-quarter cup of sugar. Beat one egg light, add one and one-half cups of milk

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