Almond Layer Cake

Ingredients

• Two cups of pastry flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder
• i cup of granulated sugar
• y^ cup of butter
• y^ cup of milk
• whites of 3 eggs
• i/^ cup of blanched sliced almonds
• One cup of granulated sugar
• i^ cup of water
• add ^ cup of chopped almonds

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter with hand, add sugar, then milk, alternating with flour, lastly, the beaten whites of the eggs.

2. 2

   Divide mixture into two pans, bake one plain; over the other sprinkle almonds, dust with powdered sugar; allow 12 minutes for baking.

3. 3

   For filling, boil sugar and water, beat in egg white, add chopped almonds.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicate dishes (1896), page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ALMOND LAYER CAKE. Two cups of pastry flour or i ^ cups of bread flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder, i cup of gran- ulated sugar, y^ cup of butter, y^ cup of milk, whites of 3 eggs. Cream butter with hand, slowly, add sugar, then milk, drop by drop, alternating with flour, lastly, the beaten whites of the eggs. Divide mixture into two pans, bake one plain; over the other sprinkle i/^ cup of blanched sliced almonds, dust over with a little pow- dered sugar; allow 12 minutes for baking. Filling: One cup of granulated sugar, i^ cup of water; boil; white of I egg, beaten stiff, beat into mixture, add ^ cup of chopped almonds

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