Almond Cake

Ingredients

• three-quarters of a cupful of flour
• three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk
• one-half a teaspoonful of soda
• one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth
• one pound of soft-shelled almonds blanched
• the juice of an orange
• flavor with essence of bitter almond

Method

1. 1

   Blanch the almonds by steeping in boiling water until the skins are loose, then slice or roll them.

2. 2

   Crush while adding orange juice.

3. 3

   Mix all ingredients and bake in a pan two inches deep.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk, one-half a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one pound of soft-shelled almonds blanched by steeping in boiling water till the skins are loose enough to remove, and then sliced or rolled, adding, while crushing them, the juice of an orange; flavor with essence of bitter almond

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