The Pennsylvania Tea Cake is a post-war recipe but is very similar to pre-war recipes. It sounded unusual so I was very excited to see what the finished product would taste like.
It ended up tasting and looking really good!
Pennsylvania Tea Cake 1870
Ingredients:
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4 Egg Yolks
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2 Whole Eggs
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1
Tbs Vinegar
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1
tsp Baking Soda
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1
½ cups Sugar
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½
pound Butter, creamed
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Sifted
Flour
Modern Instructions:
Preheat
the oven to 350 degrees. Break eggs into
a small bowl and beat. Dissolve Baking Powder in the vinegar; add the vinegar
mixture into the beaten eggs. Put Sugar
into a medium-sized bowl; make a divot in the center of the sugar. Pour the Egg mixture into the sugar and stir
with a wooden spoon until well blended. Soften the butter and cream into the
batter. Stir in enough Sifted Flour until
it forms a thick batter. Bake in a
buttered 8-inch cake pan for 35- 40 minutes. (Alternatively, you can add enough
flour to make dough, roll it out on a floured surface and cut out round
biscuits with a cookie cutter to stay closer to the original recipe.)
Hope you enjoy! The cake really is good. I was afraid to serve something I had never tried baking before but it turned out really moist and yummy.
I think I will print out this recipe, Stephanie Ann! It looks so yummy. I think next time we meet up at a reenactment, you will have to show us how to bake over an open fire! We have wanted to do something like that for a long time but just don't know where to start.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know that we are having a Sewing Weekend down here in Virginia and would love for you to come! It would be from 11th-14th but you can come and go as it suits your schedule. Could you e-mail me at bl.stricker@gmail.com so I can give you more information but more privately? Thanks!
Blessings,
Bethany
Stephanie as bethany said it was great to meet you last weeKend. I am so disapointed I did not get to sample your caKe and yes we need help baKing over an open fire! As you saw at our camp I hardly Know how to tend a fire let alone baKe with one. :)
ReplyDeleteYes do email Bethany about your sewing weeKend. We would love for you to attend! I loved your straw hat and your dress was also beautiful! It was great talKing about everything from family to sewing to reenacting to relationships. I was encouraged and it was fun! ttyl
God bless,
Rebecca
I sent you an email. :D
ReplyDeleteFor those curious, this was deeelicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susanna!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are great! I was also there with my unit, the South Mountain Artillery, out of Central Pennsylvania about an hour north of Harrisburg. What other events do you usually go to?
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