Florence White

Easter Cakes, 1904

These somewhat resemble Shrewsbury Cakes

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

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By Florence White

Published 1932

  • About

Ingredients

  • Flour ¾ lb.
  • butter 8 oz.
  • sugar

Method

  1. Rub the butter quickly and lightly into the flour.
  2. Add the sugar and currants, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda and salt.
  3. Beat the egg.
  4. Mix it in with the flour, using a knife.
  5. Gather the mixture into one piece.
  6. Turn out on to a floured board.
  7. Roll out thinly about