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High-class cookery made easy · Hart, J., Mrs. · 1880

Source: High-class cookery made easy
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (13)

four penny sponge cakes ↝ Cake, sponge [Cakes and pies]
a glass of sherry
strawberry jam ↝ Strawberries, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
two eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
two tea-spoonfuls of corn-flour ↝ Corn flour, masa, unenriched, white [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a breakfast-cupful of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
chopped almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
dried cherries ↝ Cherries, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]
macaronis crumbled ↝ Pasta, dry, unenriched [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a tea-cupful of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
pink sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
angelica
dried cherries ↝ Cherries, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]

Instructions (10)

Soak four penny sponge cakes in a glass of sherry for half-an-hour.
Cut each sponge cake into four pieces.
Lay the four pieces at the bottom of a glass dish.
Spread a layer of strawberry jam.
Prepare a thin custard made with two eggs, two tea-spoonfuls of corn-flour, and a breakfast-cupful of milk.
Let the custard get cold, and pour over the sponge cake and jam.
Sprinkle with chopped almonds and dried cherries.
Lay sponge cake and jam in alternated layers, and macaronis crumbled, till all is used up.
Whip a tea-cupful of cream, and lay on the top.
Garnish with pink sugar, angelica, and dried cherries.

Original Text

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Soak four penny sponge cakes in a glass of sherry for half-an-hour; cut each sponge cake into four pieces, lay the four pieces at the bottom of a glass dish; spread a layer of strawberry jam; then have a thin custard made with two eggs and two tea-spoonfuls of corn-flour and a breakfast-cupful of milk. Let it get cold, and pour over the sponge cake and jam. Sprinkle with chopped almonds and dried cherries. Lay sponge cake and jam in alternated layers, and macaronis crumbled, till all is used up. Switch a tea-cupful of cream, and lay on the top, and garnish with pink sugar, angelica, and dried cherries.

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