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Sour-Cream Blueberry Cakes

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

As you may have noticed, there was no posting last week. I did make a vintage receipt, but it was repeat of one already posted: Blueberry Muffins. Having taken advantage of farmer’s market special on blueberries, the past two weeks I’ve made blueberry muffins, blueberry pancakes (modern recipe), and tonight, Sour-Cream Blueberry Cakes.

Sour Cream Blueberry Cakes from 1891 receipt

 

This receipt comes from page 100 of the 1891 cookbook New England Breakfast Breads, Luncheon and Tea Biscuits by Lucia Gray Swett. Using these vintage receipts for “sweets” such as this reminds me how today’s “sweets” are overly sweet. Although this is called a “cake” I would define it more as a biscuit in the American sense. (In Europe, “biscuits” are what Americans know as “cookies.”)  The texture is like a drop biscuit, only slightly sweetened and with blueberries.

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