Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sweet milk
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 1 pound of almonds

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add milk and eggs (whites and yolks beaten separately).

2. 2

   Mix in flour, baking powder, and almonds.

3. 3

   Save a few whole almonds for topping.

4. 4

   Bake until done.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14 cup sugar. Bake with under crust only. MONDAY, MARCH 20 Breakfast.—Oatmeal with Cream. Scrambled Eggs. I'Vit-d Potatoes Bread and Butter. Coffee, Dinner.- Fried Veal Cutlet. White Potatoes. Squash. Bread and Butler. Steamed Pudding. Supper.— Chicken Croouettes. Bread and Butter. Celery. Cran- berry Jelly. Cake. Tea. Fried Veal Cutlet.— Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roll in fine cracker crumbs, then dip in beaten egg, then in crumbs again. Fry three or four slices of salt pork and fry the cutlet brown in the fat; turn often. When brown place or^ a hot plat- ter,and make a gravy by adding a tablespoonful of flour wet in cold water, to the fat. Season, stir, and when a rich brown and slightly thick, pour over the cutlet. TUESDAY, MARCH 21 Breakfast. — Hominy with Cream, Veal Hash. Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner.- Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Stewed Canned Toma- toes. Bread and Butter. Steamed Pudding, 5upper.— Hominy Cakes and Maple Syrup. Stewed Prunes. Bread and Butter. Cake. Tea. Veal Hash.— Chop the veal very fine. Place in the fry- ing pan with the gravy and if not enough to cover the meat, use enough boiling water. Flavor lightly, with salt and pepper and a little lemon juice. When ready to serve, pour over sUces of hot buttered toast. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 Breakfast. — California Breakfast Food with Cream. Sausage and Buckwheat Cakes. Doughnuts and Coffee. Dinner.— Sauted Pot Roast. French Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Nuts and Raisins. Supper. — Egg Vermicelli. Bread and Butter. Quince Jelly. Cake, Tea. Beets. Sauted Meat. — Cut cold pot roast in quarter inch slices and fry in hot butter until each side is a rich brown. Place in a hot dish; warm over the gravy which you had the day before, and pour over the meat. THURSDAY. MARCH 23 Breakfast.— Indian Meal Mush with Cream. Broiled Beef Steak. Hot Parker House Rolls. Coffee. Dinner. —Boiled Leg of Mutton. Caper Sauce. Canned Peas. Boiled Potatoes. Bread and Butter, Cocoanut Pudding. Supper.— Cold Sliced Mutton. Currant Jelly. Bread ana Butter. Cake, Chocolate. Parker House Rolls.— Make with milk bread sponge, and when risen and ready toshape, roll the dough on the board as you would pastry. Fold the dough, roll again until half an inch thick , Let the dough shrink back all it will, then cut iiito shape, rise, and bake until brown. FRIDAY, MARCH 24 Breakfast.— Fried Indian Mush with Maple Syrup. Hash, Bread and Butter. Coffee, Dinner. — Fried Halibut Steak. Cold Ham. Boiled Potatoes. Bread and Butter, Baked Custard. Supper.— Scalloped Oysters. Bread and Butter. Canned Fruit. Cake. Tea. Baked Custard.— i quart of milk, 4 beaten eggs^ 4 table- spoonfuls sugar, flavor with vanilla or nutmeg; a little salt. Bake slowly. Test the custard with a silver knife, if it comes out clean, it is done. SATURDAY, MARCH 25 Breakfast.— Quaker Oats. Creamed Baked, Warmed Potatoes, Bread and Butter. Coffee, Dinner. — Broiled Beef Steak. Mashed Potatoes. Turnips. Bread and Butter. Mince Pie. Cheese. Supper. — Creamed Toast. Stewed Prunes. Almond Cake. Cocoa. Almond Cake, — ^^ cup butter, i cup sugar, % cup sweet milk, 3 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, and i pound of almonds

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