Ginger or Hunting Cakes. No. 1.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

three pounds of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
two pounds of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
one pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
two ounces of ginger, pounded and sifted fine ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a nutmeg grated ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
a pint of cream, just warm ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]

Instructions (2)

Rub these ingredients very fine in the flour, and wet it with a pint of cream, just warm, sufficiently to roll out into thin cakes.
Bake them in a slack oven.

Original Text

Ginger or Hunting Cakes. No. 1.

Take three pounds of flour, two pounds of sugar, one pound of butter, two ounces of ginger, pounded and sifted fine, and a nutmeg grated. Rub these ingredients very fine in the flour, and wet it with a pint of cream, just warm, sufficiently to roll out into thin cakes. Bake them in a slack oven.

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