Almond Cake, Plain

Ingredients

• three ounces of sweet almonds
• seven or eight bitter almonds
• four ounces of loaf sugar
• the yolks of four eggs
• a piece of butter the size of a walnut
• a quarter of a pound of fine flour

Method

1. 1

   Blanch and pound the almonds.

2. 2

   Rub the rind of a lemon upon the sugar, and pound this with the almonds.

3. 3

   Add the yolks of the eggs and butter.

4. 4

   Work in the flour, and lastly, the beaten whites of the eggs.

5. 5

   Put into a well-buttered mould, and bake in a good oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Almond Cake, Plain. — Blanch and pound in a mortar three ounces of sweet j almonds and seven or eight Tjitter almonds. Rub the rind of a lemon upon four ounces of loaf sugar, and pound this with the almonds. Add the yolks of four eggs well beaten, and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Work in a quarter of a pound of fine flour

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