ed butter, fold them over and set
them on a buttered tin, brush the rolls over with the egg milk which
was set aside, and bake in a quick oven. A good plan is to keep the
rolls covered with buttered paper the first 10 minutes while baking.
+Waffles.+-- Four ounces butter, 6 eggs, 4 ounces flour, 1
tablespoonful sugar, a pinch of mace, and a little grated lemon
rind, 1/2 pint whipped cream. Stir the butter to a cream, add
alternately 1 yolk, then a little flour until both are used, add the
sugar, the mace, and lemon, then the whipped cream, and last 5
whites whipped to a stiff froth; rub a waffle iron with fork, pour 1
tablespoonful batter into each compartment, and bake the waffles
light brown on both sides. Serve dusted with sugar.
+Gateau a la Weckesser.+-- Half pound of granulated sugar, 13 yolks,
9 whites, 1/2 pound flour, and the rind and juice of 1 lemon. Stir
sugar and yolks for 25 minutes by the clock, then beat the whites to
a stiff froth; add the yolks and sugar slowly to the white while
beating constantly, add the lemon, continue the beating 5 minutes,
then add the sifted flour, stir in lightly; butter a large round pan
and dust it with flour, pour in the batter, place the cake on a pan
of salt, and bake in a slow oven. When done, turn it on to a board,
which should be dusted with powdered sugar; let it lie till cold,
then spread a layer of pineapple marmalade over the cake, ice it
with white sugar glaze, and decorate the cake with candied fruit, of
plums, apricots, and cherries. The fruit must be cut into small
slices and the cherries in small dice.
+Lady Cake.+-- Six ounces butter, 1/2 pound sugar, 1 pound flour, 10
whites of eggs, 1/2 pint whipped cream, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1
teaspoonful vanilla sugar. Stir butter and sugar to a cream until
white and frothy, add the vanilla sugar, sift flour and baking
powder together, beat 1/2 pint cream until stiff; beat also the 10
whites to a stiff froth, then add alternately the three ingredients
to the creamed butter and sugar; butter and dust with flour a large
round pan, pour in the mixture, and bake in a medium-hot oven. When
done and cold, ice it with clear icing.
+Denmark Cake.+-- Two pounds flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1-3/4
pound sugar, 1 pound butter, 2 pounds raisins, 8 eggs, 1 pint sweet
milk, 1/2 pint wine, 3 tablespoonfuls allspice, 3 tablespoonfuls
cinnamon, 4 nutmegs. Sift flour and baking powder together, stir
butter and sugar
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