Rich Strawberry Short Cake

Name: Rich Strawberry Short Cake
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

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

Steps

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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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.