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Cheesecakes (Lemon)

From Recipes for the million, 1891

Serves 3

If kept in a cool, dry place the mixture will remain good for a couple of years.

Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESECAKES (LEMON). — Rub a pound of loaf sugar upon the rind of two large fresh lemons until all the yellow part is taken off. Crush it to powder, and mix with it the strained juice of the lemons, the yolks of six and the whites of four well-beaten eggs, three sponge biscuits, finely grated, and four ounces of fresh butter

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