The Cream

Ingredients

• One pint of sweet milk
• two eggs
• one-half cup of sugar
• one tablespoonful of cornstarch

Method

1. 1

   Let the cream come to a boil, then stir in the cornstarch and the yolks of the eggs, well beaten; boil two minutes, set off, add the sugar, and the whites, beaten to a stiff froth; flavor with lemon.

2. 2

   Cut off the tops of the cakes and fill them with the cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

the cream-tartar with the flour; flavor to taste; mix very soft, and bake quickly. SUGAB COOKIES. One pound of granulated sugar, three-fourths of a pound of butter, one-half pint of buttermilk, one-half ounce of soda, flour to make very soft. Eoll thin and bake in a hot oven. SAND TABTS. One pound of sugar, two pounds of flour, three-fourths pound of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, yolk of one egg. Cut in diamonds, wash the top with white of egg, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake quickly. EXCELLENT JUMBLES. One cupful of butter, two of white sugar, one cupful of sweet 188 CAKE. cream, one teaspoonful of soda, one egg, little nutmeg. Flour enough to stiffen so as to bake in rings. RING JUMBLES. Three coffeecupfuls of powdered sugar, two cupfuls of butter, four eggs, beaten separately, flour enough to make a soft dough, tablespoonful of rose water. Paper a pan, and with a spoon, form rings of the dough, leaving a hole in the middle. Bake in a hot oven. LADY'S FINGEKS. Two coffeecupfuls of powdered sugar, ten eggs, one quart of sifted flour, flavor with lemon, pinch of salt. Beat eggs and sugar as light as for sponge cake; sift in with flour one teaspoonful of baking-powder, and stir slowly. Drop upon white paper, in long narrow cakes; bake in a very hot oven. They are nice dipped in chocolate icing. When done, spread with jelly, and put together. ALMOND CHEESE CAKES. Take one-half pound of sweet almonds, blanch and put them in cold water. Take them out and wipe them dry; beat them in a mortar, fine, and quickly drop in a few drops of rose water to prevent oiling; add one and one-half cupfuls of powdered sugar, and the grated rind of one lemon, the yolks of eight eggs. Beat the whole mixture together until it becomes white and frothy; butter small patty-pans, cover with puff paste, and fill them with this mixture; grate sugar over them, and bake in a gentle oven. Serve cold. LEMON CHEESE CAKES. One-fourth pound of butter, yolks of two eggs and white of one, the grated rind and juice of two lemons, one-half pound of loaf sugar. Beat the eggs light, melt the butter, and put it in last. Make and bake like almond cheese cakes. BUTTER BISCUIT. One cupful of sugar, one small cupful of butter, one egg, one- fourth teaspoon of soda, one-half of cream-tartar, flour to roll them nicely. Bake quickly. CAKE. 189 ALMOND JUMBLES. Two cupf uls of powdered sugar, three cupfuls of flour, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, five e*ggs, one tablespoonful of rose water, three-fourths pound of blanched and chopped almonds, one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in warm water. Cream butter and sugar, stir in the beaten yolks, the milk and flour, the rose water and the almonds; lastly, the beaten whites. Drop in rings, on buttered paper, and bake quickly. You may substitute grated cocoanut for almonds. BOSTON CREAM CAKES. One-half pint of boiling water, two-thirds cup of butter, five eggs, two cupfuls of flour. Boil water and butter together; while boiling, stir in the flour, and boil five minutes; take it off the fire, and when it gets cold, add the eggs, beaten separately, and stir with the hand to a smooth paste. Grease a dripping-pan, and drop a tablespoonful of this mixture for each cake; rub the top of each cake with the white of an egg, beaten to a froth. Bake in a hot oven twenty minutes. They will be hollow inside. THE CREAM. — One pint of sweet milk, two eggs, one-half cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of cornstarch

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