uble its size; sift the
remaining flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl and make a hollow
in center; put in by degrees the well beaten eggs and butter and mix
and beat the whole with the hands for 15 minutes; pound the almonds
with 2 eggs and press them through a sieve; add them with the yeast
dough to the above mixture and mix the whole thoroughly together;
dust over some flour and set in a warm place to rise to double its
size; then fill it into a paper-lined form, which should be 1/2
filled, and set it to rise till form is nearly full; take a large
tin plate and cover the bottom with salt; onto this set the pan with
cake and bake in a medium hot oven about 40 minutes; try the cake
with a larding or knitting needle; when done remove it from the
oven, turn onto a sieve and pour hot vanilla syrup all over it; when
cold boil 1 cup sugar with 1/2 cup water till it forms a thread
between 2 fingers; remove from the fire, add 1 tablespoonful
raspberry syrup and stir till nearly cold; pour it over the cake and
set in oven for 2 minutes; remove instantly and lay a slice of
pineapple in center of cake; cut the pineapple into 4 parts without
altering its form and lay long strips of citron around it to imitate
the sun.

778. +Compiegne.+-- 1 pound sifted flour, 10 ounces butter, 4 whole
eggs, the yolks of 4, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1/2 cup cream, 1/4
teaspoonful salt and 2 yeast cake; dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup warm
milk, add a few spoonfuls of the flour and mix it into a batter; set
this in a warm place to rise; in the meantime stir the butter to a
cream and add the sugar, salt and eggs by degrees; next the yeast
and sifted flour; beat the whole with your hand for 15 minutes; then
add the cream, which should be whipped to a stiff froth; butter a
large, deep tin form and cover the bottom with a round piece of
buttered paper; fill in the cake mixture, which should fill the form
3/4 full, paste a piece of paper around top edge of form and let it
rise till form is nearly full; bake in a moderate oven; serve either
hot or cold. Small compiegnes are baked in small forms and dipped in
sugar syrup mixed with wine or liquor.

779. +Damp Nudels.+-- 3 cups sifted flour, 1 tablespoonful sugar, 1/4
teaspoonful salt, 1/2 tablespoonful butter, the yolks of 2 eggs, 2
yeast cake and 1 cup warm milk; put flour into a bowl and make a
hollow in the center; mix the yeast with 1/2 cup warm milk, put it
into the hollow of flour and mix with a