Honey Cake
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- 1/2 breakfast-cupful of sugar
- 1 breakfast-cupful of rich sour cream
- 2 breakfast-cupfuls of flour
- 1/2 teaspoonful carbonate of soda
- honey to taste
Instructions
- Mix the sugar and cream together;
- dredge in the flour, with as much honey as will flavour the mixture nicely;
- stir it well, that all the ingredients may be thoroughly mixed;
- add the carbonate of soda, and beat the cake well for another 5 minutes;
- put it into a buttered tin, bake it from 1/2 to 3/4 hour, and let it be eaten warm.