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Orange Cheese-Cakes

From La cuisine creole, 1885

Use yolks when whites are used for icing.

Presented as published in 1885. 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 La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE CHEESE-GAKES. ' Boil the peel of four oranges in two waters, to take out the bitter taste. When tender, pound up with half a pound of sugar, one-quarter of a pound of butter, and the yolks of six eggs

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