Lawn Tennis Cake

Ingredients

• 3 oz. glace cherries
• 3 oz. almonds shredded
• 6 oz. butter
• 6 oz. castor sugar
• ¾ oz. flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, add the sugar, and then the eggs, beating in one at a time.

2. 2

   Mix the flour and baking powder in gently, then add the cherries, cut up, and the almonds shredded.

3. 3

   Turn at once into a well greased tin and bake in a moderate oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

4. 4

   Cover with almond icing and then with icing sugar and maraschino or water, just melted, and poured over the cake.

5. 5

   Decorate with cherries, etc., while the icing is still soft.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dainty dinners and dishes for Jewish families (1907) by May Henry, Kate Halford, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LAWN TENNIS CAKE. 3 oz. glace chen ics. 3 oz. almonds shredded. 6 oz. butter. 1 teaspoonful 6 oz. castor sugar. 74 oz. flour. 3 eggs, jaking-powder. Cream the butter, add the sugar, and then the eggs, beating in one at a time. Mix the flour and baking-powder in gently, then add the cherries, cut up, and the almonds shredded. Turn at once into a well greased tin and bake in a moderate oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Icinq: Cover with almond icing, page 158, and then with 4 lb. icing sugar and 2 tablespoonsful maraschino or water, just melted, and poured over the cake. Decorate with cherries, etc., while the icing is still soft. MACAROONS. | lb. grounl almond*. 4 egg whites. 4 lb. castor sugar. Almond essence. Waff r paper. Whip the whites stiffly, add the essence, sugar and almonds, and stir it lightly. Drop the mixture on to wafer paper, and place strips of almond on each. Bake in a slow oven till firm, and of a light brown colour. GERMAN MACAROONS, ^ lb. ground almonds. 3 small whites of eggs. 4 lb. very line castor sugar. 2 sheets wafer paper. Juice of £ a lemon or 1 dessertspoonful orange-flower water. Beat the whites stiffly, add the sugar gradually, and stir till the mixture is quite smooth, then add lemon juice, and lastly 1G0 dainty Dinners and dishes. the ground almonds. Mix thoroughly for about 10 minutes, then place little heaps of the mixture on wafer paper, bake on a flat tin in a very slow oven till a light golden colour. The macaroons should not go flat, and when cold, are not very crisp. lb. x ‘2 5 oz. Hour. butter. 4 eggs. MADEIRA CAKE. I 1 teaspoonful baking-powder

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