Orange-flower Cakes

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (4)
  1. Dip sugar in water, and let it boil over a quick fire till it is almost dry sugar again.
  2. To half a pound of sugar, when it is perfectly clear, add seven spoonfuls of water.
  3. Then put in the orange-flowers: just give the mixture a boil up.
  4. Drop it on china or silver plates, and set them in the sun till the cakes are dry enough to be taken off.
Original Text
Orange-flower Cakes. Dip sugar in water, and let it boil over a quick fire till it is almost dry sugar again. To half a pound of sugar, when it is perfectly clear, add seven spoonfuls of water; then put in the orange-flowers: just give the mixture a boil up; drop it on china or silver plates, and set them in the sun till the cakes are dry enough to be taken off.
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