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SHORT  CAKE
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SHORT CAKE

4 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

533
Calories
19g
Protein
6g
Fat
96g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 heaping teaspoons baking powder
  • salt

Directions

1

I quart of flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, salt, and sift several times. Rub in the flour i tablespoon butter and i of lard. Mix with milk. Take ^ the mix ture and roll as large as the pan to be baked in, spread with butter, roll out the other portion, put on top and bake in a quick oven.

2

MRS. CHARLES JONES. STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.

3

y2 cup butter, i quart flour, 2 eggs, little salt, 3 heaping teaspoons baking powder, milk to make thick batter. Rub butter well into flour, add salt and baking powder, then add eggs well beaten. Wet with enough milk to make thick batter. Bake quickly. Split with warm knife. Butter top pieces, spread with layer of strawberries. Serve with crushed berries, sweetened, to which plenty of cream has been added. Pour over the whole whipped cream if wanted very rich.

4

MRS. ALFRED H. GRAVES.

By Hatfield (Mass.). Congregational Church · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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