Almond Cake

Ingredients

• A cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• lA cup almonds blanched
• A teaspoon extract bitter almonds
• 1 pint flour
• lA teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
• 1 glass brandy
• A cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter and sugar to smooth white cream; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating 3 or 4 minutes after each.

2. 2

   Sift flour and powder together, add to butter, etc., with almonds, extract of bitter almonds, brandy, and milk; mix into smooth, medium batter, bake carefully in rather hot oven 20 minutes in a fluted mold.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal baker and pastry cook (1913) by Royal Baking Powder Company, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Almond Cake. — A cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs, lA cup almonds blanched — by pouring water on them until skins easily slip off — and cut in fine shreds, A teaspoon extract bitter almonds, 1 pint flour, l A teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 glass brandy, A, cup milk. Rub butter and sugar to smooth white cream; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating 3 or 4 minutes after each. Sift flour and powder together, add to butter, etc., with almonds, extract of bitter almonds, brandy, and milk; mix into smooth, medium batter, bake carefully in rather hot oven 20 minutes in a fluted mold. Apple Jelly Cake. — 1 cup butter, 2 cups su¬ gar, 4 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 A teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 cup milk, 6 apples, 6 ounces sugar, 1 teaspoon butter. Rub together but¬ ter and sugar to fine, light, white cream, add eggs 2 at a time, beating 10 minutes after each addition. Sift flour and Royal Baking Pow¬ der together, add to butter, etc., with milk, and mix into rather thin batter. Bake in jelly-cake tins carefully greased. Meanwhile have apples peeled and sliced, put on fire with sugar; when tender remove, rub through fine sieve, and add butter. When cold use to spread between layers. Cover cake plenti¬ fully with sugar sifted over top. Banana Cake. — H cup butter, 1 cup sugar, A cup milk

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