Shrewsbury Cakes
A Shrewsbury cake is a British dessert. The cakes are often served multiple at a time.
Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg white
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
Ingredients for 4 servings (425 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Oven - 2
Place butter in mixing bowl along with sugar. Cream until the mixture is fluffy.
- 3
Break the egg into the mixture, and stir it in completely.
- 4
Add the nutmeg and flour to the mixture, and stir in completely.
- 5
Spray or butter the cookie sheets.
- 6
Place teaspoons of the batter onto the cookie sheets about two inches apart.
- 7
Place in the oven and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
Oven - 8
Take the cakes out of the oven, if the cakes have stuck together, use a knife to cut them apart.
Oven - 9
Use spatula to place the cakes onto a plate.
- 10
Enjoy.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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