Diet Bread Cake

Ingredients

• six eggs
• the yolks of six more
• one pound of loaf sugar
• a quarter of a pint of water
• one pound of fine dry cold flour

Method

1. 1

   Whisk the eggs and yolks together in a deep pan.

2. 2

   In another pan, heat the sugar and water until nearly boiling, then pour it gradually onto the eggs while whisking.

3. 3

   Continue whisking until cold, then mix in the flour lightly.

4. 4

   Prepare your tins with paper, fill with the mixture, sift sugar on top, and bake in a warm oven until firm.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The confectioner's and pastry-cook's guide, or, Confectionery made easy ... (1890) by George Read, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DIET BREAD CAKE. But six eggs, and the yolks of six more, into a deep earthen pan or pipkin, just whisk them a little, so as to break the yolks, and make it one colour all over. In another pipkin, or clean saucepan, put one pound of loaf sugar and a quarter of a pint of water; put it on the fire, and keep stirring it till it nearly boils, then pour it gradually upon the eggs, whisking them well all the while, and keep whisking all together till quite cold; then mix in very lightly, but thoroughly, one pound of fine dry cold fiour

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