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Recipe: Tea Cakes by first lady Louise Henry Hoover (1930's)

Desserts - Cakes
TEA CAKES
by first lady Louise Henry Hoover

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup milk

Mix as any other cake, and bake in very small muffin tins.

Instructions from similar recipe of the period:
(Sift flour, measure and resift 3 times with baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Cream butter thoroughly, gradually add 1 cup of sugar, and beat until light and fluffy. Beat eggs into batter. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture and milk alternately in several portions, beginning and ending with flour, and beating until smooth after each addition. Pour into buttered muffin tins. Bake in moderate oven (350F) for 15 to 30 minutes
[according to size]).

ICING

2 Tablespoons milk
1 Tablespoon butter
confectioner's sugar

Heat milk and butter together, sift in confectioner's sugar to desired stiffness, flavor with vanilla or chocolate.

Source: Ludington Daily News, Tuesday, Nov 1, 1932
MsgID: 018854
Shared by: R. Barton - Sacramento, CA
Board: Vintage Recipes at Recipelink.com
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