Nuremberg Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ½ a grated nutmeg
• 6 cloves pounded
• 2 ounces of candied peel chopped fine
• 8 ounces sugar
• ½ pound flour
• a pinch of salt
• a teaspoonful of baking powder
• 8 ounces of chopped sweet almonds

Method

1. 1

   Beat 4 eggs, add ½ a grated nutmeg, 6 cloves pounded, 2 ounces of candied peel chopped fine, 8 ounces sugar; mix all for 10 minutes, add slowly ½ pound flour, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoonful of baking powder, then 8 ounces of chopped sweet almonds.

2. 2

   Stir all well, pour into tins ½ inch deep.

3. 3

   Bake ¾ hour, ice with chocolate, and cut into slices or strips.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from With a saucepan over the sea (1902) by Adelaide Keen, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pounds flour, add 2 cups sugar, 7 eggs well beaten, zest of i lemon, yi pint milk, and ^ pound of melted butter. Mix the butter with the sugar, add the eggs, then the milk and flour. Beat all well, spread on buttered pans, and set to rise. Butter the tops, dust with sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, prick with a fork here and there, and bake till done. Serve hot, cut in slices, for lunch or tea. NORMANDY SPICE CAKE OR GINGERBREAD. This is the cake of the " gingerbread fairs," common in rural France. 162 With a Saucepan over the Sea Warm i pint molasses, add J^ pound fresh butter, yi ounce each of powdered ginger and all- spice, a teaspoonful of mixed anise and coriander seed, and the rind of a lemon, grated. Add enough flour to make a dough, and set it to rise in a cool place, add then 2 ounces each of chopped cherries, citron, and currants or candied peel, roll out an inch thick, cut into rounds or squares, and bake in hot oven. It can be iced, if desired. NUREMBERG GINGERBREAD. Beat 4 eggs, add ^ a grated nutmeg, 6 cloves pounded, 2 ounces of candied peel chopped fine, 8 ounces sugar; mix all for 10 minutes, add slowly J^ pound flour, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoonful of baking powder, then 8 ounces of chopped sweet almonds

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