Fancy Almond Cakes

Ingredients

• half a pound of almonds
• two egg whites
• ten ounces of powdered sugar
• the grated rind of a good lemon
• five candied cherries
• twenty dried currants
• one ounce of candied angelica
• a candied apricot

Method

1. 1

   Peel and pound the almonds, then add egg whites and pound thoroughly.

2. 2

   Mix in powdered sugar and lemon rind, knead for 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Shape into small round bits, S shapes, crescent shapes, and heart shapes.

4. 4

   Decorate with cherries, currants, and apricot slices.

5. 5

   Glaze with beaten egg and bake for 10 minutes until brown.

6. 6

   Cool and serve.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 13 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 301. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fancy Almond Cakes. — Peel and pound half a pound of almonds as for No. 1207; then add two egg whites; when thoroughly pounded, put them into a vessel with ten ounces of powdered sugar, and the grated rind of a good lemon; then, with the hand, knead well together for twenty minutes. Slide a fancy tube (No. 3) into a pastry-bag (No. 1079), and pour in the above preparation. Cover a baking-sheet with brown paper, and holding the top of the bag with the right hand, guide the bottom with the left, and press the paste through onto the paper in small round bits one inch wide and half an inch high. Make ten of these, being careful to keep them one inch apart. Make ten more, shaped like the letter S, using the same quantity as for the others; then ten more, crescent-shaped, or like the letter C; and with the remainder of the paste make ten more, heart-shaped, being careful to keep them from touching one another. Take five candied cherries, cut them in halves, and arrange them on top of the round cakes; have twenty dried currants (No. 1080), and place one on each end of the S. Cut a candied apricot in two, and each half into five slices, and lay them on top of the crescents, and lastly have one ounce of candied angelica

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