Almond Pudding

Ingredients

• yolks of 8 eggs and the whites of 2
• ½ lb. powdered sugar
• ½ lb. butter, melted
• flavoured with almonds (bitter and sweet almonds in equal proportions, well dried and pounded)

Method

1. 1

   Cover a dish with thin paste; spread raspberry jam at the bottom.

2. 2

   Beat up yolks of 8 eggs and the whites of 2.

3. 3

   Mix with powdered sugar, melted butter, and pounded almonds.

4. 4

   Pour upon the raspberry jam.

5. 5

   Bake the pudding in a slow oven for 1.5 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ALMOND PUDDING. TAPIOCA CREAM March March 24. — Almond Pudding (Miss Adeane’s). — Can one have too many pudding recipes ? Here is one for almond pudding. Cover a dish with thin paste ; spread raspberry jam at the bottom. Beat up yolks of 8 eggs and the whites of 2. Mix with them ^ lb. powdered sugar, lb. butter, melted and flavoured with almonds (bitter and sweet almonds in equal proportions, well dried and pounded)

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