8 tb Butter
4 c Flour
3 tb Superfine sugar
2 tb Honey
1 1/2 Baking powde
1 Egg yolk
1 Full egg plus the white;
-lightly beaten
1 c Milk
Salt
HONEY TOPPING
1 c Heather honey
3 tb Almonds; blanched, ground
To make about twenty-four 2 inch cakes .
This recipe is dates from 1872. An alternative finish is to serve these
light littles cakes hot with warm honey.
In a bowl, rub the butter into the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg
yolks into the milk.
In a saucepan over low heat, gently heat the sugar and honey,stirring then
until they are well mixed.Then stir in the baking powder.
Alternately add the honey mixture and the milk mixture to the butter and
flour, mixing the ingredients very well. Add a pinch of salt and mix
again.Put the resulting dough on a floured board roll it very lightly to a
thickness of about 1/2 inch.
Cut out about 24 rounds. Place the rounds on a buttered baking sheet and
bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until they are lightly
browned. Remove cakes to a rack of the cakes. Put the rack of cakes into a
very cool 250 F oven for no longer then five minutes to set. The cakes may
be served either hot or cold.
Yields
1 Servings