Gateau Napolitain

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• 1 lb. butter
• 1/2 lb. castor sugar
• 1/4 lb. ground almonds
• Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
• 2 yolks of eggs
• 1 table-sp. water
• Raspberry or apricot jam
• Glace icing
• Cherries and angelica

Method

1. 1

   Sieve flour and sugar, rub in butter, add almonds and lemon rind.

2. 2

   Mix yolks with water and moisten dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Knead and roll out, cut into rounds, bake until pale yellow.

4. 4

   Spread with jam, stack, ice, and decorate.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 733. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gateau Napolitain | lb. flour. I lb. butter. J: lb. castor sugar. \ lb. ground almonds. Grated rind of J lemon. 2 yolks of eggs. 1 table-sp. water. Raspberry or apricot jam. Glac6 icing. Cherries and angelica. Sieve the flour and sugar into a basin, and rub in the butter until free from lumps. Add the almonds and the grated rind of half a lemon. Mix the yolks of eggs with 1 table-spoonful of water, and moisten the dry ingredients with this. Knead well so as to form one lump, and turn out on a floured board. Then work the paste with the hands until free from cracks, and divide into five or six equal- sized pieces. Roll each piece round, and cut it with a cutter or saucepan fid about 6 inches in diameter. Place these rounds on a greased baking tin, prick them with a fork, and bake in a moderate oven about 20 minutes, or until of a pale yellow colour. When these rounds of pastry are cold, spread them thinly with jam and place them one on the top of the other, reserving the best one, without jam, for the top. Trim the edges if necessary, and then ice the cake on the top and sides with glace icing. Decorate with some nice pieces of cherry and angelica, other preserved fruit, or crystallised violets. Probable cost, Is. 3d. 2061. Gateau St. Honors Choux pastry. 2 dessert-sps. sugar. 2 dessert-sps. water. 1J gills good custard. 2 sheets of gelatine. 2 whites of eggs or 1 gill whipped cream. Short Crust. J lb. flour.

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