Genoise Paste

Fancy ices · Marshall, A. B. (Agnes B.) n 50075751 · 1894

Source: Fancy ices
Time: Prep: 20 min Total: 20 min
Yield: 8.0 – 10.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

half a pound of good butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the finely-chopped peel of one lemon ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
half a pound of castor sugar ↝ Sugars, granulated [Sweets]
five small whole eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pound of fine sifted flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
one egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
about one tablespoonful of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
one eighth of an ounce of Cowan's Baking Powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (4)

Take half a pound of good butter and the finely-chopped peel of one lemon and work them in a basin with a wooden spoon or with the hand till like a cream.
Add half a pound of castor sugar and work it for about ten minutes.
Mix in by degrees five small whole eggs and half a pound of fine sifted flour, adding one egg and about one tablespoonful of flour at the time.
Lastly add one eighth of an ounce of Cowan's Baking Powder.

Original Text

Genoise Paste

Take half a pound of good butter and the finely-chopped peel of one lemon and work them in a basin with a wooden spoon or with the hand till like a cream; add half a pound of castor sugar and work it for about ten minutes, then mix in by degrees five small whole eggs and half a pound of fine sifted flour, adding one egg and about one tablespoonful of flour at the time; lastly add one eighth of an ounce of Cowan's Baking Powder. This mixture takes about twenty minutes to prepare, and the quantities given above are sufficient for eight to ten persons.

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