Suffolk Cakes

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    14

    cakes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
English Provincial Cooking

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1980

  • About

This recipe was collected before 1860 by Mrs Anstey.

Ingredients

  • 1 stick (120 g) butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1

Method

Warm the butter so that it is just liquid but not at all coloured, and leave to cool a little while you beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately. The beaten whites should just hold a peak. Fold in the yolks, sugar and grated lemon zest, beat in the butter and stir in the flour. Beat well and