Velvet Cakes

Ingredients

• 4 oz. of butter
• 1 oz. of yeast
• a quart of warm milk
• six eggs
• enough fine flour to make a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve butter and yeast in warm milk, stir in eggs, and work in flour to make a soft dough.

2. 2

   Let rise for two hours, shape into buns or cakes, flatten, and let rise again before baking in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

4oz. of butter and loz. of yeast in a quart of warm milk, stir into this six eggs, and work in enough fine flour to make a soft dough

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