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Nuns' Cake

Name: Nuns' Cake
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: eight ounces of fresh butter; half a pound of fine flour; a small nutmeg grated; eight ounces of powdered sugar; the well-beaten yolks of four eggs; a table-spoonful of cold water

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

Sufficient for a moderate quantity.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1002. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Nuns' Cako. — Beat eight ounces of fresh butter to a cream ; add half a pound of fine flour, a small nutmeg grated, eight ounces of powdered sugar, the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, and a table-spoonful of cold water

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