Strawberry Short Cake I

A dish that leans on flour and baking powder.

Griddle-cakes

contains glutencontains dairy

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • ¾ cup milk
  • ¼ cup butter
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ¾ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • ¼ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Mix dry ingredients, sift twice, work in butter with tips of fingers, and add milk gradually. Toss on floured board, divide in two parts. Pat, roll out, and bake twelve minutes in a hot oven in buttered Washington pie or round layer cake tins. Split, and spread with butter. Sweeten strawberries to taste, place on back of range until warmed, crush slightly, and put between and on top of Short Cakes; cover top with Cream Sauce I.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories490
Protein10.7 g
Fat18.1 g
Carbs71.0 g
Fiber2.3 g
Sodium1073 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States