Teatime Fancies

2 ounces (4 tablespoons) butter
2 ounces (1/4 cup) sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 egg
4 ounces (1 cup) self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch salt
2 tablespoons milk
Cream butter and sugar. Add cocoa. Beat in egg. Sift dry ingredients together; then, stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk. Batter should be soft and creamy. Put by spoonfuls into greased and floured mini muffin tin (or, line muffin tin with paper liners). Bake 10-12 minutes at 350°F (180°C). When cold, slice off tops and spread liberally with Mock Whipped Cream. Replace tops tilted to show filling.

Patten, Marguerite. Victory Cookbook: Nostalgic Food and Facts 1940-1954. London: Chancellor Press, 2014.