Sweet Potato Pudding

Ingredients

• two cupfuls of cold sweet potatoes
• one-half pound of sugar
• one-half pound of butter
• the yolks of six eggs
• two tablespoonfuls of brandy
• two of sherry
• the juice and rind of an orange or lemon
• one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon
• one-half teaspoonful of allspice
• one-half teaspoonful of ginger
• a grating of nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Mash the sweet potatoes through a sieve.

2. 2

   Rub the sugar, butter, and yolks of eggs to a cream, then add brandy, sherry, juice and rind of orange or lemon, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg.

3. 3

   Stir into the potato pulp and fold in the beaten egg whites.

4. 4

   Pour into a buttered pudding-dish and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING — Mash two cupfuls of cold sweet potatoes through a sieve ; rub one-half pound of sugar, one-half pound of butter, and the yolks of six eggs to a cream, and add two tablespoonfuls of brandy, two of sherry, the juice and rind of an orange or lemon, and one-half teaspoonful each of cinnamon, allspice and ginger, and a grating of nutmeg

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