Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 10, 2017

Strain Out the Juice

After the eggs and cream have been beaten exceedingly together for the receipt (recipe), To make the best tansy; then take of green wheat blades, violet leaves, strawberry leaves, spinach and succory, of each a like quantity; chop and beat these very well, and then strain out the juice.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 9, 2017

Beat Exceedingly Together

Once the number of eggs has been determined according to the bigness of your frying pan for the receipt (recipe), To make the best tansy, then with a little cream beat them exceedingly together.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 4, 2017

Bigness of the Frying Pan

First then for making the receipt (recipe), To make the best tansy, you shall take a certain number of eggs, according to the bigness of your frying pan, and break them into a dish, abating ever the white of every third egg: then with a spoon you shall cleanse away the little white chicken knots which stick unto the yolks.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 3, 2017

Green Wheat Blades and More

Green wheat blades, violet leaves, strawberry leaves, spinach and succory, of each a like quantity for the 17th century receipt (recipe) To make the best tansy.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 29, 2017

Fill with Peach Jelly

The original Shaker receipt (recipe) for Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake, states when cool to fill between layers with peach jelly.  Since small cakes were baked each sample cake was topped with peach jelly and served.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 26, 2017

Tin Baker-Browning

Because a tin baker relying on reflective heat from the fire was used to bake the Shaker receipt (recipe), Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake, the graniteware pan has to be turned to try to obtain an even browning.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 24, 2017

Baking Small Cakes

To bake the Shaker receipt (recipe) for Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake, a graniteware pan in my tin baker was used to prepare small cakes for sampling.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 20, 2017

Fold the Beaten Whites

The twelve egg whites beaten with a handful of peach twigs to impart a delicate peach flavor, were lightly folded into the batter of butter, sugar flour, cornstarch, baking powder, milk and vanilla for the Shaker receipt (recipe), Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 17, 2017

Birch Instead of Peach Twigs

Even though the Shaker receipt (recipe) for Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake, directed the use of  a handful of peach twigs to beat the eggs to impart a delicate peach flavor to the cake, I left my bruised peach twigs for the public to smell and used my birch twig whisk to beat the dozen egg whites.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | April 14, 2017

Cut a Handful of Peach Twigs

The date was April 1 but inside the cabin for the Shaker Your Plate program it was March 1 and Mother Ann’s birthday was being celebrated.  Mother Ann was born February 29, 1736.  The original receipt (recipe) for Mother Ann’s Birthday Cake reads:  “Cut a handful of peach twigs, which are filled with sap at this time of year.  Clip the ends and bruise them and beat cake batter with them.  This will impart a delicate peach flavor to the cake.”  My bruised peach twigs are pictured on the table.

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