Washington Pie

Ingredients

• One teacup of sugar
• butter of the size of an egg
• Beat four eggs separately
• one heaping cup of sifted flour
• a full teaspoon of cream-tartar
• one teaspoon of soda
• one small teaspoon of milk

Method

1. 1

   Rub sugar to a cream with butter.

2. 2

   Beat eggs separately and stir in flour, cream-tartar, and soda dissolved in milk.

3. 3

   Divide mixture into two buttered plates and bake in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   Once baked, put preserves or jelly between the cakes and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WASHINGTON PIE. One teacup of sugar rubbed to a cream with butter of the size of an egg. Beat four eggs separately, and stir in one heaping cup,of sifted flour, with a full teaspoon of cream- tartar, and one teaspoon of soda dissolved in one small teaspoon of milk

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