802. Turban of Almond Cake Iced

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

cake base

half a pound of puff paste
half a pound of sweet almonds, which put in a basin with half a pound of powdered sugar and the whites of two eggs, or a little more if required ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
half a pound of powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
the whites of two eggs, or a little more if required ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]

decoration and filling

stiff border of any kind of stiff jam or marmalade ↝ Jam [Jams, syrups, toppings]
vanilla cream, or any other, iced, but not too hard ↝ Pie, vanilla cream [Cakes and pies]

Instructions (8)

Make half a pound of puff paste, give it nine rolls, rolling it the last time to the thickness of a penny-piece.
Have ready blanched and chopped half a pound of sweet almonds, which put in a basin with half a pound of powdered sugar and the whites of two eggs, or a little more if required.
Spread the almond mixture over the paste the thickness of a shilling.
With a knife cut the paste into pieces two inches and a half in length and nearly one in breadth.
Place them upon a baking-sheet, and bake nicely a very light brown color, in a moderate oven.
Dress them on a stiff border of any kind of stiff jam or marmalade, so as to form a large crown according to the size you require it.
Fill the interior with vanilla cream, or any other, iced, but not too hard, and bring it up to a point.
The cake may be cut in any shape you fancy, but never make them too large.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

802. Turban of Almond Cake Iced.—This is a very good and useful second course remove. Make half a pound of puff paste, give it nine rolls, rolling it the last time to the thickness of a penny-piece, have ready blanched and chopped half a pound of sweet almonds, which put in a basin with half a pound of powdered sugar and the whites of two eggs, or a little more if required; spread it over the paste the thickness of a shilling, and with a knife cut the paste into pieces two inches and a half in length and nearly one in breadth, place them upon a baking-sheet, and bake nicely a very light brown color, in a moderate oven, dress them on a stiff border of any kind of stiff jam or marmalade, so as to form a large crown according to the size you require it; then fill the interior with vanilla cream, or any other, iced, but not too hard, and bring it up to a point; the cake may be cut in any shape you fancy, but never make them too large.

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