Small Sugar Cakes

Found hand written in a circa 1900 cookbook

Photo by Jordane Mathieu on Unsplash

“from Martha”

One heaping teacup of Sugar
3/4 teacup of Butter
1/4 teacup of sweet milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of baking power
1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in hot water
flour sufficient to enable you to roll out the dough
one spoonful salt
nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.
Cut in round cakes and bake quickly

This hand written recipe was found in a circa 1900 cookbook.

For a little idea about these old recipes see a word about olde time recipes

https://medium.com/@randyaugsburger/a-word-about-olde-time-recipes-262bc5789e3d

Originally published at http://1899home.blogspot.com.