White Cakes (simple recipe)

Ingredients

• an ounce of butter
• half a pound of dried and sifted flour
• a small pinch of salt
• four tablespoonfuls of powdered white sugar
• half a tea-spoonful of caraway-seeds
• one egg
• as much milk as will make a smooth light paste

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour, add salt, sugar, caraway-seeds, egg, and milk to form a smooth paste.

2. 2

   Roll out to a quarter of an inch thick, cut into shapes, and bake on baking-tins in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2262. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Cakes (simple recipe). — Rub an ounce of butter into half a pound of dried and sifted flour. Add a small pinch of salt, four table-spoonfuls of powdered white sugar, haK a tea-spoonful of caraway-seeds, one e^g, and as much milk as wUl make a smooth light paste.

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