Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited

Honey Cake

450ml (¾ pint) Flour (approx)
235ml (8floz) Rich Sour Cream
115ml (4floz) Sugar
½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Honey, to taste

Mix the sugar and cream together.
Sift in the flour, with enough honey to flavour the mixture nicely.
Stir well to thoroughly mix.
Add the bicarbonate of soda and beat well for another 5 minutes.
Put it into a buttered tin.
Bake it from 30 to 45 minutes.
Serve warm.

Time: 30 to 45 minutes.
Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.
Seasonable at any time.

HONEY CAKE

1758. INGREDIENTS - 1/2 breakfast-cupful of sugar, 1 breakfast-cupful of rich sour cream, 2 breakfast-cupfuls of flour, 1/2 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, honey to taste.

Mode - Mix the sugar and cream together; dredge in the flour, with as much honey as will flavour the mixture nicely; stir it well, that all the ingredients may be thoroughly mixed; add the carbonate of soda, and beat the cake well for another 5 minutes; put it into a buttered tin, bake it from 1/2 to 3/4 hour, and let it be eaten warm.

Time - 1/2 to 3/4 hour.

Average cost, 8d.

Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.

Seasonable at any time.

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Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited

Honey Cake

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