Louisa Cakes

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

3 oz. cornflour ↝ Cornstarch [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
3 oz. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
4 ozs. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
4 ozs. powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1 tea-spoon baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
plain icing, p. 65 ↝ Icing, chocolate [Jams, syrups, toppings]
crystallised cherries ↝ Cherries, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]

Instructions (5)

Beat the butter to a cream and add the sugar.
Then add one egg at a time, beating thoroughly.
Stir in the flour (in which the baking powder has been mixed) and beat well.
Bake in greased patty pan in a quick oven from 15 to 20 minutes.
Ice when nearly cold with plain icing, p. 65, and ornament with crystallised cherries.

Original Text

Louisa Cakes

3 oz. cornflour 3 oz. flour 4 ozs. butter 3 eggs 4 ozs. powdered sugar 1 tea-spoon baking powder

Beat the butter to a cream and add the sugar. Then add one egg at a time, beating thoroughly. Stir in the flour (in which the baking powder has been mixed) and beat well. Bake in greased patty pan in a quick oven from 15 to 20 minutes. Ice when nearly cold with plain icing, p. 65, and ornament with crystallised cherries.

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