Spice Cakes
By: Judith C Evans
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 7:22pm

Ingredients




1 Egg
2 cups Sour milk
1 teaspoon Baking soda
3 cups Flour
1 tablespoon Melted shortening
1 tablespoon Sugar
teaspoon Nutmeg
teaspoon Salt

Preparation

1 Beat egg and add milk, sugar, and nutmeg.      2 Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda and salt. Add to first mixture.



 3 Add melted shortening. Mix until well blended.



 4 Bake on hot griddle in cakes the size of a breakfast plate.



 5 Pile several together on a hot plate, spreading each liberally with butter. Add a sprinkling of cinnamon or nutmeg.

 6 To serve, cut through the whole, pie-fashion. 8 servings. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.