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Required : Three-quarters of a pound of flour. One ounce of butter. Half an ounce of compressed yeast. One egg.
One and a half gills of tepid milk. Half a teaspoonful of salt. of each with a little warmed milk and
Half a teaspoonful of castor sugar. butter to glaze them.
Mix the flour and salt together, then rub in To serve, cut the cakes in slices, which should be toasted and buttered. Cost, 4 1/2d.

Yorkshire Teacake or Sally Lunn, when cut in slices, toasted, and buttered, is a favourite teacake.
 
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