783. Punch Cake Soufflé

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (11)
Instructions (16)
  1. Break ten eggs, put the whites in a copper bowl, and the yolks in a basin.
  2. Add four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, four of crushed ratafias, two of potato flour, a little salt, and a quarter of an ounce of candied orange-flowers to the yolks.
  3. Beat well together.
  4. Whip the whites.
  5. Stir the whipped whites lightly into the yolk mixture.
  6. Well butter and bread-crumb the interior of an oval plain mould.
  7. Butter also and bread-crumb a band of paper three inches broad, and tie it round at the top of the mould.
  8. Pour in the mixture.
  9. Stand it in a moderate oven half an hour before ready to serve.
  10. Bake for about half an hour.
  11. When done, turn it out upon your dish.
Custard
  1. Have ready a custard of three yolks of eggs.
  2. Add two glasses of essence of punch to the egg yolks.
  3. Pour the custard round the cake and serve.
Alternative preparation
  1. The mixture may be baked in twelve small moulds and dressed in pyramid.
  2. If baked in small moulds, they would require more sauce.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
783. Punch Cake Soufflé.—Break ten eggs, put the whites in a copper bowl, and the yolks in a basin, with four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, four of crushed ratafias, two of potato flour, a little salt, and a quarter of an ounce of candied orange-flowers, beat well together, whip the whites, which stir in lightly with the mixture; well butter and bread-crumb the interior of an oval plain mould, butter also and bread-crumb a band of paper three inches broad, which tie round at the top of the mould, pour in the mixture, and half an hour before ready to serve stand it in a moderate oven (it will take about the above time to bake), when done turn it out upon your dish; have ready a custard of three yolks of eggs, to which you have added two glasses of essence of punch, pour round the cake and serve. The above mixture may be baked in twelve small moulds and dressed in pyramid, but then they would require more sauce.
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