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Breakfast

Rich Strawberry Short Cake

Start the day with Farmer’s original Rich Strawberry Short Cake method, preserved as a source transcription.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Few grains nutmeg
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 1¼ tablespoons lard
  • ⅓ cup milk

Make it happen

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix dry ingredients and sift twice, work in shortening with tips of fingers, add egg well beaten, and milk. Bake same as Strawberry Short Cake II. Split cake and spread under layer with Cream Sauce II. Cover with strawberries which have been sprinkled with powdered sugar; again spread with sauce, and cover with upper layer.

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