Maple Shortcake Recipe

Ingredients for Maple Shortcake

• Mix and sift together two cups of flour and a level tablespoon of baking powder. Rub in one-half cup of butter and mix to a soft dough with milk. Spread the mixture evenly over two buttered pie-pans, brush with melted butter and bake in a quick oven. Put together as layer cake and spread between and on top with
• Maple Cream Filling

Instructions

1. Cook three-fourths of a cup of maple syrup and a tablespoon of butter until it spins a thread, then pour gradually into the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs.
2. When the mixture is smooth, add half a cup of cream beaten until stiff and a few drops of vanilla.