Recipe with Eggs, Sugar, and Flour

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (8)
main ingredients
for baking
Instructions (5)
  1. Take the whites of ten eggs, put to them three spoonsful of rose or orange-flower water, and beat them an hour with a whisk.
  2. Then put in a pound of beaten and sifted sugar, and grate into it the rind of a lemon.
  3. When it is well mixed put in the juice of half a lemon, and the yolks of ten eggs beat smooth.
  4. Just before you put it into the oven, stir in three quarters of a pound of flour.
  5. Butter your pan, put it into a moderate oven, and an hour will bake it.
Original Text
TAKE the whites of ten eggs, put to them three spoonsful of rose or orange-flower water, and beat them an hour with a whisk. Then put in a pound of beaten and sifted sugar, and grate into it the rind of a lemon. When it is well mixed put in the juice of half a lemon, and the yolks of ten eggs beat smooth. Just before you put it into the oven, stir in three quarters of a pound of flour, butter your pan, put it into a moderate oven, and an hour will bake it.
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