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BREAD AND MUFFINS ~
EMMA BRANDENBERG’S VICTORIAN CREAM SCONES
Setting the Scene:
In the summer of 1897, Emma Brandenberg seems to be living the pampered life
of late-Victorian wealth. Her much-older husband, Philip, is the popular mayor of
Hollybrook, Massachusetts; she resides in a beautiful home and dines on the finest of
foods; and no one, not even her closest friends, ever hears her complain of unhappiness.
Yet behind closed doors Philip is a controlling and often-abusive monster - and it
will take a nomadic stranger to uncover the truth about the Brandenbergs’ gilded
lives...and to teach Emma about liberation. Indulge yourself in the luxury of Emma
Brandenberg’s Victorian Cream Scones with a tantalizing taste from Catherine Karp’s
novel, GILDED. ISBN: 0738825530
Excerpt from GILDED:
Within a matter of minutes, the house became inundated with the bellowing tones
of masculine voices and laughter. Philip lured his guests into the parlor to the immediate
right of the entry hall and made them all comfortable in his Vanderbilt-worthy palace.
The men seated theirbacksides on the Brandenbergs’ velvet, consuming the rich sights of
the elegant room around them and raising their nostrils to the aroma of fresh coffee and
freshly baked pastries. By a quarter past the hour, all of the gentlemen had arrived and
settled into the parlor. Nora brought out the teacart laden with scones and cakes and
served the coffee with Emma’s assistance.
Emma Brandenberg’s Victorian Cream Scones
Ingredients:
1
cup flour
2
T sugar
½
3
tsp salt
tsp baking powder
cup cold unsalted butter, sliced into pieces
cup currants or raisins
beaten eggs
¼
½
2
½
cup cream
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