Coffee Cakes

Ingredients

• four whole raw eggs
• half a tablespoonful of strong coffee
• 6oz. caster sugar
• 4oz. warmed and sifted flour
• loz. of creme de riz
• previously mixed with ^oz. of Cowen’s baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Whip eggs, coffee, and sugar over boiling water until warm, then whip until cold and stiff.

2. 2

   Gradually sift in flour and creme de riz.

3. 3

   Prepare moulds with butter and sugar, fill with mixture, and bake for 15 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four whole raw eggs, half a tablespoonful of strong coffee, or coffee essence, and 6oz. caster sugar. Stand the pan over another full of boiling water and whip the eggs, &c., over this till it is all just warm, then lift the pan off and continue whipping the eggs, &c., till they are cold and stiff. Now sift in gradually 4oz. warmed and sifted flour, and loz. of creme de riz (previously mixed writh ^oz. of Cowen’s baking powde

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