Biscuit Cake

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.
Status
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (7)
  1. Beat the whites of the eggs to snow.
  2. Put the yolks in another pan; beat them light, and add the sugar to them by degrees.
  3. Beat them until very light.
  4. Put the snow, continuing to beat.
  5. At last add by degrees the flour.
  6. Season with lemon-peel grated, or any peel you like.
  7. Bake it in a slow oven, but hot enough to make it rise.
Original Text
Biscuit Cake. Take eggs according to the size of the cake, weigh them, shells and all; then take an equal weight of sugar, sifted very fine, and half the weight of fine flour, well dried and sifted. Beat the whites of the eggs to snow; then put the yolks in another pan; beat them light, and add the sugar to them by degrees. Beat them until very light; then put the snow, continuing to beat; and at last add by degrees the flour. Season with lemon-peel grated, or any peel you like; bake it in a slow oven, but hot enough to make it rise.
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