Wit Cake

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• % lb. of sugar
• % lb. of flour
• 1 % tsps. of baking powder
• % lb. of butter
• 2 tbsps. of arrack
• Juice of % lemon
• Vi lb. of chopped, blanched almonds

Method

1. 1

   Stir the yolks of eggs and sugar to a cream, work in the flour.

2. 2

   Add the melted butter, arrack, lemon juice, baking powder and beaten whites of eggs.

3. 3

   Butter some pans, spread the batter 1 inch thick, sprinkle the almonds over and bake the cake for 0.5 hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WIT CAKE. 6 eggs Juice of % lemon % lb. of sugar 2 tbsps. of arrack % lb. of flour 1 % tsps. of baking powder % lb. of butter For Sprinkling. Vi lb. of chopped, blanched almonds

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