Old Fashioned Tea Cakes I

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup light molasses
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c). grease a shallow (or, tea cake) pan.
• cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. add whole egg and egg yolk one at a time and beat until mixture is puffy light.
• measure molasses into milk. add vanilla. sift dry ingredients. add dry ingredients and liquid alternately to first mixture, mixing until smooth.
• bake for 20 to 25 minutes. frost with your favorite confectioner's icing. cut into 1 x 2 inch slices.