Blackberry Short Cake

Ingredients

• 1 quart All-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoonful Salt
• 2 heaping teaspoonfuls Baking powder
• 2 tablespoonfuls Butter
• 1 pint Milk
• 24 each Blackberries
• as needed Sugar
• as needed Cream

Instructions

1. 1Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the milk and mix into a smooth dough, just soft enough to handle.
2. 2Divide the dough in half and roll out to the size of breakfast plates. Lay on a greased baking tin and bake in a hot oven at 400°F (200°C) for 20 minutes. Separate the cakes without cutting, as cutting makes them heavy.
3. 3Have two dozen blackberries. Use half of them to cover the bottom halves of the shortcake. Sprinkle plentifully with sugar and cream. Lay on the top halves with the crust downwards. Use the rest of the fruit over them, and sugar plentifully.