Sand Cakes

Ingredients

• lib. of butter
• lib. of caster sugar
• the beaten yolks of twelve eggs
• 1 breakfast-cupful of fine wheat-flour
• 1 breakfast-cupful of potato-flour
• the grated peel of half a lemon
• 1 table-spoonful of brandy or rum

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter until creamy, add sugar, then yolks of eggs gradually.

2. 2

   Mix in flours and lemon peel.

3. 3

   Stir in whisked egg whites.

4. 4

   Pour into a buttered cake tin and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sand Cakes. — (1) Large. — Slightly warm Jib. of butter, and beat it until creamy with Jib. of caster sugar; add gradually the beaten yolks of twelve eggs, 1 breakfast-cupful of fine wheat- For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils, Cakes — continued. flour, 1 breakfast-cupful of potato-flour, and the grated peel of half a lemon. Continue beating the ingredients until thoroughly mixed, then stir in gently the whites of the twelve eggs, which should have been whisked to a firm froth. Flavour the hatter with 1 table-spoonful of brandy or rum (which may be omitted). Thickly butter a Cake-tin, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. (2) Warm Jib. of butter, and beat it until creamy with 4oz. of caster sugar; then mix in the beaten yolks of six eggs, Jib. of flour, 1 teacupful of mashed potatoes, and the grated peel and juice of one lemon. Beat the mixture until all the ingredients are well incorporated, then mix in lightly the well-whisked whites of the six eggs. Butter a Cake-mould, pour in the mixture, allowing room for it to rise, and bake in a moderate oven. Blanch and peel 2oz. of sweet almonds, cut them into thin fillets, and sift caster sugar and a small quantity of powdered cinnamon over them. When the Cake is about three-parts cooked, strew the almonds on the top of it, cover it with a sheet of paper to prevent the almonds from burning, and finish baking. (3) Beat lib. of butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.