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German Coffee Cake

A historical recipe from The royal baker and pastry cook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902).

A historical recipe

The royal baker and pastry cook: A manual of practical cookery, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902). Project Gutenberg eBook #73744.

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 royal baker and pastry cook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #73744 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73744). 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. Sift together 3 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 scant teaspoons Royal Baking Powder.
  2. Rub in 2 heaping tablespoons butter.
  3. Beat 2 eggs, add ⅔ cup milk, stir into dry mixture, adding more milk if necessary to mix to very stiff batter.
  4. Spread ⅔ inch thick in well-buttered shallow pan.
  5. Mix together 2 tablespoons flour, 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon.
  6. Rub in 2 tablespoons butter until it is crumbly.
  7. Spread thickly over top of dough, bake about ½ hour in moderate oven.
  8. Drop Cakes.—1 pint flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder sifted together.
  9. Rub in ½ tablespoon lard.
  10. Mix with milk to a thick batter.
  11. Drop by spoonfuls on greased pans, and bake in a very hot oven.