German Prune Cake
A historical recipe from 365 Luncheon Dishes, by Anonymous (1902).
A historical recipe
365 Luncheon Dishes: A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year, by Anonymous (1902). Project Gutenberg eBook #24384.
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Source and licence
From 365 Luncheon Dishes, by Anonymous (1902). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24384 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24384). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Method
- For this use a recipe for short cake adding more milk to make it into a thick batter.
- Turn into a shallow, oblong pan and over the top press lightly into the mixture a close layer of partly cooked prunes.
- Sprinkle thickly with granulated sugar and bake in a quick oven.
- Serve hot.--From "Table Talk," Phila.
- Chop cold beef very fine, and season it with salt and pepper, then add some onion chopped fine and fried previously, also some rice boiled very dry.
- Mix all well together and make into small rounds, flour them and fry until brown.
- Serve with a hot gravy poured over them.