Cake

Ingredients

• at ten ounces of fresh butter
• a quarter of a pound of fine flour
• a pinch of salt
• a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• a quarter of an ounce of grated lemon-peel
• two ounces of poimded sugar
• two eggs
• three-quarters of a pound of flour
• three-quarters of an ounce of German yeast
• a quarter of a pint of thick cream

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, add flour, salt, cinnamon, lemon-peel, sugar, and eggs.

2. 2

   Stir for 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Gradually mix in flour and additional eggs while beating.

4. 4

   Dissolve yeast in warmed cream, pour into the mixture, and work to a smooth batter.

5. 5

   Butter a quart mould, place sliced almonds inside, and bake until a skewer comes out clean, about 1.5 to 2 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 787. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

at ten ounces of fresh butter to a cream ; add a quarter of a pound of fine flour, a pinch of salt, a tea- spoonful of powdered cinnamon, a quarter of an ounce of grated lemon-peel, two ounces of poimded sugar, and two eggs ; stir all briskly together for ten minutes. Mix in by degrees three-quarters of a pound of flour and two additional eggs, and keep beating the paste quickly with a wooden spoon as they are put in. Dissolve three-quarters of an ounce of German yeast in a quarter of a pint of thick cream, which has been slightly warmed for the purpose. IMake a hollow in the middle of the paste, pour in the cream and yeast, and work all thoroughly to a smooth batter. Butter a quart mould, place some blanched and sliced almonds round the inside at equal distances, and bake in a moderate oven. The cake should be a bright red. Time, bake until a skewer can be pushed easily to the bottom, and when taken out be quite drj- — say from an hour and a half to two hours. Probable cost, 2s. Suffi- cient for a quart mould. Kringles. — Warm two ounces of fresh butter slightly, but not so as to melt it. Mix it with the yolks of four and the whites of two eggs, well beaten ; add two ounces, of sifted sugar, half a pound of flour, and a pinch of salt

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