Cream Cakes

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• One half pint of clotted cream
• One half pound butter 
• One egg yolk
• A little salt

Directions

1. Put one pound of flour on a pie-board and make a hole in the middle. 
2. In the hole, put one half pint of clotted cream and a little salt.
3. Mix the paste lightly and let it stand for half an hour.
4. Add one half pound of butter and roll it out six times.
5. Form into small cakes and glid with yolk of an egg. 
6. Put into the oven.  

Source — https://louisiana-anthology.org/texts/walmsley/walmsley--creole_cookery.html#CwalmsleyN424  

Prepared by Emma Allen
Louisiana Anthology
January 24,2024