Currant Cakes(Old-Fashioned Christmas Drop Cakes)
1 lb Sugar 1 lb Butter 6 ea Egg 3/4 lb Flour 1/4 t Salt 1/2 lb Currants 1 ea Lemon, juice of 1 ea Lemon, rind of Mix the currants with some of the flour. Work butter and sugar toge...
Ingredients
- 1lbsugar
- 1lbbutter
- 6ea egg
- 3/4lbflour
- 1/4t salt
- 1/2lbcurrants
- 1ea lemon, juice of
- 1ea lemon, rind of
Directions
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1 lb Sugar 1 lb Butter 6 ea Egg 3/4 lb Flour 1/4 t Salt 1/2 lb Currants 1 ea Lemon, juice of 1 ea Lemon, rind of Mix the currants with some
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Work butter and sugar together to a smooth cream, then slowly work in whole eggs one at a time
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Add a little of the flour, rind and juice of the lemon and salt
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Work in slowly the rest of the flour and the currants
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Drop by spoonfuls on large buttered pans, pressing flat with a knife as the cakes are better when very thin
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A good plan is to heat the pan a bit and allow the cakes to melt as much as possible before putting them in the oven to bake
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Be sure to butter the pans thoroughly
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otherwise, the thin cakes will be difficult to remove