Cornflour Cafe
From Gas cookery, 1885
The oven should be hot when the cake goes in; after ten minutes or so gradually decrease the heat, and turn the gas entirely out for the last quarter of an hour.
Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Cornflour Cafee. Ingredients. — y2 lb. Corn Flour, 6 ozs. Butter, 6 ozs. Castor Sugar, 3 Eggs, a few drops of Essence of Lemon or the zest of 1 Lemon, 1 teaspoonful of Baking Powder
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