Lancers Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups of butter
• 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
• 3 1/3 cups of sifted flour
• nutmeg
• cinnamon
• brandy

Directions

1. mix butter, powdered sugar, and flour
2. rub butter into it until crumbled
3. add heaping tbsp of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon
4. moisten entirely with butter
5. add small glass of brandy
6. roll out onto large, thick sheet
7. cut into round cakes (saucer size)
8. bake on flat tins, slightly buttered

Source — Creole Cookery Book.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman

Louisiana Anthology

June 2, 2018