Yorkshire Cakes

[ Yorkshire Cakes ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Food

Ingredients
flour
eggs
milk
butter
yeast
sugar

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Yorkshire
England

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618

Description

Recipe for Yorkshire cakes.


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Transcription

    Yorkshire Cakes.

To a quarter of a stone Flower
3 Eggs a little good Milk
¼ pound of Butter 3 Spoonfuls of
Yeast with a few lumps of sugar
Make this into Sponge then let it
stand ¾ of an hour then make it
up into dough & when done 
make it into Cakes & lay them
upon tins & set them before the
Fire to rise. before you put
them into the oven
Bake them in a quick oven
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