Cheap White Cakes For Tea

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1/2 cup fine sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. caraway seeds
• 2 cups of milk 

Directions

1. Turn oven on to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl.
3. Sift the sugar into a small bowl.
4. Add to the flour the butter, sugar, egg, and caraway seed and mix together.
5. Add just enough milk to make the mixture into a paste.
6. Roll it out to 1/4 inch in thickness or thinner.
7. Cut it in small round cakes.
8. Bake on tin plates in the oven to bake for 10-12 minutes.

— Lafcadio Hearn

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Ashley Morgan
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2022