Neapolitan Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• 10 ozs. sweet almonds
• 4 ozs. bitter almonds
• the peel of two small lemons
• 1 lb. pounded sugar
• 1 lb. good butter
• the yolks of four eggs

Method

1. 1

   Blanch and pound almonds with orange-flower water into a paste.

2. 2

   Mix with flour and butter.

3. 3

   Rub lemon peel with sugar, pound fine, and add to the mixture with egg yolks.

4. 4

   Roll out to 1/4 inch thick, cut with a fluted cutter, and bake in a slow oven for 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Once cool, spread jam on one side and stack to form a cake.

6. 6

   Decorate with pistachio nuts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 155. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NEAPOLITAN CAKE. may be used instead of a glass dish. In helping, use a long-handled spoon and go to the bottom, so that some of each ingredient is given to each guest. Neapolitan Cake. I lb. flour ; 10 ozs. sweet almonds and 4 ozs. bitter almonds ; The peel of two small lemons ; I lb. pounded sugar ; 1 lb. good butter ; The yolks of four eggs

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