American Southern

Short Cake

Name: Short Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 0.5 lb butter; 2 cups milk; 1 each soda

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 15. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

35 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

1/2 lb butter
2 cups milk
1 each soda

Instructions

1
Mould quickly, not very stiff
2
Roll into sheets
3
Bake in a brisk oven

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