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Girdle Cake

Rub three ounces of fresh butter into one pound of flour; add a pinch of salt, and as much butter-milk or cream as will make a stiff paste. Roll the paste out thin, and make into small round cakes. Bake on a girdle over the fire, and turn the cake over, so that both sides may be done. In Ireland, a little carbonate of soda is used instead of butter. Time, five to six minutes to bake. Probable cost, 4d. for this quantity. Sufficient for about one dozen cakes.