Shrewsbury Cake 1840
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Shrewsbury cakes
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1840
Cakes, Breads etc (Shrewsbury cake)
Butter
Flour
Sugar
Currants
Milk
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Instructions
| Rub three quarters of a pound of butter into two pounds of sifted
flour, and mix in half a pound of powdered sugar, and half a pound of currants, washed and dried. Wet it to a stiff paste with rich milk. Roll it out, and cut it into cakes. Lay them on buttered baking sheets, and put them into a moderate oven. |
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