857. Cake of Savoy in mould

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)
for the mould
for the cake mixture
Instructions (8)
  1. Prepare a large high mould by lightly buttering it with clarified butter using a soft brush. Drain the mould, and once the butter is set, add finely sifted sugar. Rotate the mould to coat all surfaces with sugar, then remove any excess.
  2. Tie a band of buttered paper around the top of the mould and set it aside in a cool place.
  3. In a basin, combine the yolks of fourteen eggs with one pound of sugar that has had the rind of two lemons rubbed into it before pounding. Beat together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is almost white.
  4. Whip the whites of the eggs until very stiff. Add the whipped egg whites to the yolk and sugar mixture, along with six ounces of flour and six ounces of potato-flour.
  5. Gently but thoroughly mix all ingredients together.
  6. Fill the prepared mould slightly more than three-quarters full with the cake mixture.
  7. Bake in a very moderate oven for one hour, ensuring the oven door remains shut.
  8. Test for doneness as directed in the previous recipe (No. 856). If done, remove the buttered paper and turn the cake out onto a sieve to cool completely.
Original Text · last edited 13 days ago
857. Cake of Savoy in mould.—Have ready a large high mould lightly buttered (with a soft brush, and clarified butter), turn the mould up to drain, and when the butter is quite set throw some finely sifted sugar into it; move the mould round until the sugar has adhered to every part, after which turn out the superfluous sugar, tie a band of buttered paper round at the top, and place it in a cool place until the mixture is ready. Place the yolks of fourteen eggs in a basin, with one pound of sugar (upon which you have rubbed the rind of two lemons previous to pounding), beat well together with a wooden spoon until nearly white, then whip the whites of the eggs very stiff, add them to the yolks and sugar, with six ounces of flour and six ounces of potato-flour, mix the whole lightly but well together, and fill the mould rather more than three parts full, place it in a very moderate oven one hour, keeping the oven-door shut; then try when done as directed in the last, if done take off the paper and turn it out upon a sieve until quite cold. The above mixture being more delicate than the last, would not do so well for removes, but may be used for that purpose by being made three or four days before it is required.
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