Sugar Cakes

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

6 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 cup butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3 cups sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
Flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a few drops of lemon juice ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (7)

Beat the yolks and whites separately very thoroughly.
Cream the butter and sugar.
Add the yolks.
Beat well.
Stir in the whites and enough flour to make a paste that can be lightly rolled out.
Flavour with a few drops of lemon juice.
Cut into rounds and bake in a quick oven.

Original Text

Sugar Cakes

6 eggs 1 cup butter 3 cups sugar Flour

Beat the yolks and whites separately very thoroughly. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the yolks. Beat well. Stir in the whites and enough flour to make a paste that can be lightly rolled out. Flavour with a few drops of lemon juice. Cut into rounds and bake in a quick oven.

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