Tea Buns

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)

1 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
2 ozs. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 table-spoon powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1/4 lb. currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/2 tea-spoon bi-carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
1/2 tea-spoon tartaric acid
1 egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 pint milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (6)

Mix the soda and tartaric acid with the flour.
Sift the flour.
Rub in the butter, add the sugar and the currants.
Beat up the egg in a large basin.
Add the milk to it, and when well mixed, stir in the flour, etc., gradually.
Bake in a quick oven, in small cakes, in a buttered baking tin.

Original Text

Tea Buns

1 lb. flour 2 ozs. butter 1 table-spoon powdered sugar ¹⁄₄ lb. currants ¹⁄₂ tea-spoon bi-carbonate of soda ¹⁄₂ tea-spoon tartaric acid 1 egg 1 pint milk

Mix the soda and tartaric acid with the flour. Sift the flour. Rub in the butter, add the sugar and the currants. Beat up the egg in a large basin. Add the milk to it, and when well mixed, stir in the flour, etc., gradually. Bake in a quick oven, in small cakes, in a buttered baking tin.

[Pg 121]

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