Fried Cakes
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Aunt Lena sour-milk recipe fried in Crisco at 365 degrees
Decorative Recipe Tin Aunt Lena card
From Aunt Lena.
Ingredients
- 1 T lard
- 1 C sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 C sour milk
- ½ t soda
- 4 t baking powder
- 1 t vanilla
- flour
Directions
- Cut out drop in 365° heted crisco
Temperature: 365° heted crisco
Equipment: mixing bowl; rolling and cutting tools; deep frying vessel; cooking thermometer
Sour-cream and nutmeg recipe
Decorative Recipe Tin sour-cream card
Ingredients
- 2 T sour cream
- 1 1/4 C white sugar
- 1 C sour milk
- 1 egg
- 1 t soda
- 1 t nutmeg
Directions
- Mix - fry in deep fat. drain
Equipment: mixing bowl; mixing utensil; deep-fat frying vessel; draining utensil or surface
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Formula
- Decorative Recipe Tin Aunt Lena card
- 1 T lard; 1 C sugar; 1 egg; 1 C sour milk; 1/2 t soda; 4 t baking powder; 1 t vanilla; unmeasured flour
- Decorative Recipe Tin sour-cream card
- 2 T sour cream; 1 1/4 C white sugar; 1 C sour milk; 1 egg; 1 t soda; 1 t nutmeg; no dry base listed
Shaping and frying
- Decorative Recipe Tin Aunt Lena card
- Cut out; drop in 365° heted crisco; no draining instruction
- Decorative Recipe Tin sour-cream card
- Mix; fry in deep fat; drain; no shaping or temperature
Attribution
- Decorative Recipe Tin Aunt Lena card
- Aunt Lena
- Decorative Recipe Tin sour-cream card
- No attribution
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