French Cake

Ingredients

• about 7 or 8 ounces of flour
• 4 ounces of butter
• 2 ounces of peeled Jordan almonds
• 2 ounces of butter
• 2 ounces of flour
• 4 ounces of castor sugar
• 2 whites of eggs

Method

1. 1

   Line the sides of a mould with paste made with flour, butter, salt, and a little water.

2. 2

   Pound up the almonds; beat them with butter, flour, and sugar.

3. 3

   Whisk the egg whites and add to the mixture.

4. 4

   Sprinkle chopped almonds over and bake in a slow oven.

5. 5

   Turn out and sprinkle with castor sugar and more chopped almonds.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

French Cake. Line the sides of a mould with paste made with about 7 or 8 ounces of flour, 4 ounces of butter, salt, and a little water. Pound up 2 ounces of peeled J ordan almonds ; beat up with the almonds 2 ounces of butter, 2 ounces of flour, 4 ounces of castor sugar; Q 226 WHOLESOME COOKERY. wLisk up 2 whites of eggs

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