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Rusk Cake

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 2

Check doneness with a skewer. Probable cost: Is. 6d.

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 1619. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rusk Cake.— Crush a quarter of a pound of rusks to powder, and pass them through a colander. Beat the yolks of seven eggs till light, and add sLx ounces of powdered white sugar, a pinch of powdered cinnamon, three cloves powdered, and three ounces of blanched and pounded ahnonds. Beat the ingredients briskly together for twenty minutes. Add the powdered rusks, a table-spoonful of strained lemon- juice

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