Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Sweet Wafers.

• 6 eggs.
• 1 pint flour.
• 2 oz. melted butter.
• 1½ cup powdered sugar.
• 1 cup milk.
• 1 teaspoonful nutmeg.

Beat whites and yolks separately and very stiff, rub the sugar and butter together, and work in first the yolks, then the milk, then the flour and whites. Bake in well-buttered wafer or waffle-irons, very quickly, browning as little as possible. Roll them while hot upon a smooth, round stick, not larger than your little finger, slipping it out carefully when the cake takes the right shape.

These little cakes are an acceptable addition to any tea or supper table, and look well among fancy cakes in a basket.