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German Coffee Cake

A historical recipe from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905).

A historical recipe

The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905). Project Gutenberg eBook #37680.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #37680 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37680). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Germany. Associated with Germany by a demonym leading its title: German (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. One tablespoonful of butter, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one cupful of milk, one and one half cupfuls of flour, one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, the juice and grated rind of half a lemon.
  2. Mix thoroughly, spread the dough in a shallow buttered baking-pan, sprinkle with chopped nuts, sugar, cinnamon, and dots of butter.
  3. Bake until brown and crisp, cut in squares, and serve piping hot.