Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- two ounces of almonds
- ten pieces of paste
- a pint of cream
- an ounce of sugar
- a pound of powdered sugar
- a pound of butter near the fire
- a pound of sugar
- a pound of butter
- four eggs
- ten little tin molds
- three quarters
Directions
and four inches long. Send them to the oven, and, when done, take them out ; then cut ten other pieces of the same size as the above, and brush them with beaten egg ; blanch two ounces of almonds, chop them fine, mix with them a very little powdered sugar, a very little white of egg, and sprinkle them on top of your ten pieces of paste, which send to the oven until well colored, and let them become cold. Beat up half a pint of cream, put it on the ice about fifteen minutes, drain it on a sieve, mix with it, in a bowl, an ounce of sugar and a little extract of vanilla. Place your cream on the plain pieces of pastry, and cover with those on which you have sprinkled the almonds.
563. Gateau Madeleine a l'Orange. Put in a bowl half a pound of powdered sugar, the same of flour, four eggs, the grated peel of an orange, and mix all well together. Put half a pound of butter near the fire, so as to make it soft without melting it quite liquid, and add it to your other ingredients. Butter ten little tin molds, which fill three quarters with your mixture, and send them to a gentle oven for about twenty minutes, or until thoroughly done, of which you may judge by passing the point of a knife through one, and, if it comes out dry, your cake is sufficiently baked. Instead of the orange-peel, you may flavor, if you wish, with vanilla, adding some currants and citron cut in very small pieces.
564. Gateau Genoise. Put in a bowl half a pound of sugar with half a pound of butter, heated, so as to be a little soft. Beat up both together