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Cream Cakes

From La cuisine creole, 1885
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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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CBEAM CAKES. Boil a cup of butter with a half pint of water; while it is boiling, stir in two cups of sifted flour ; let it cool, and when cool, add five eggs well beaten, and a quarter of a spoonful of soda

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