Diet Bread Cake (No. 74)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817

Source: The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

half a pint of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
one pound and a half of lump sugar ↝ Sugar, white, granulated or lump [Sugars and honey]
one pint of eggs, three parts yelks ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
two pounds of sifted flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a little sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
white paper ↝ Rice paper [Crackers, excludes saltines]

Instructions (9)

Boil, in half a pint of water, one pound and a half of lump sugar.
Have ready one pint of eggs, three parts yelks, in a pan.
Pour in the sugar, and whisk it quick till cold, or about a quarter of an hour.
Then stir in two pounds of sifted flour.
Case the inside of square tins with white paper.
Fill them three parts full.
Sift a little sugar over.
Bake it in a warm oven.
While hot remove them from the moulds.

Original Text

Diet Bread Cake.—(No. 74.)

Boil, in half a pint of water, one pound and a half of lump sugar; have ready one pint of eggs, three parts yelks, in a[382] pan; pour in the sugar, and whisk it quick till cold, or about a quarter of an hour; then stir in two pounds of sifted flour; case the inside of square tins with white paper; fill them three parts full; sift a little sugar over, and bake it in a warm oven, and while hot remove them from the moulds.

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