Strawberry Short Cake a la Mode
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp butter
- strawberries (crushed and sweetened)
- ice cream
Frozen Custard
- 1 pint milk
- ½ pint cream
- 1 egg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Sift the dry ingredients together and work in the butter. Mix with enough milk to make a stiff dough which can be rolled as thin as a wafer.
- Put one thin layer on a pie-pan and butter lightly; lay another layer on first. Bake eight minutes in a moderate oven.
- When cold cut in pieces and split each piece. Place a large tablespoon of crushed, sweetened strawberries between the layers, add the top layer, add more berries, and last of all, a heaping tablespoon of ice cream or frozen custard.
Frozen Custard
- To 1 pint of milk add ½ pint of cream. Scald. Have ready 1 egg, well beaten, 1 scant cup of granulated sugar, and one level tablespoon of cornstarch.
- Add this mixture to the milk and cream as soon as they come to a boil. Stir and set aside to cool. When cold, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and freeze.
