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ALMOND  CAKE
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ALMOND CAKE

15 ingredients 7 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1009
Calories
41g
Protein
20g
Fat
161g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
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

  • one pound of sugar
  • one cup full of butter
  • two cups full of sugar
  • one cup full of sour cream
  • a pound of almonds
  • a pound of flour
  • a pound of white sugar
  • a spoonful of rice flour
  • a pound of butter
  • a teaspoonful of soda
  • five eggs separately till very light
  • three eci
  • six eggs separately
  • four eggs
  • nutmeg

Directions

1

Blanch a quarter of a pound of almonds, and rub them fine in a mortar with a little rose water ; beat five eggs separately till very light ; beat the sugar with the yolks of eggs ; almonds with the whites of eggs, and a quarter of a pound of flour: bake an hour and a half in small tins.

2

MACAKOONS.

3

Take half a pound of almonds, a few of them bitter ; blanch them and pound in a mortar, with a little rose water ; beat the whites of three eci;e;s to a stiff froth, and add half a pound of white sugar, rolled very fine. Stir all together ; drop on but- tered paper, and bake in a slow oven, or on paper with grated rusk or bread; this will keep them from sticking to the paper. Some persons add a spoonful of rice flour.

4

GOOD JUMBLES. Beat to cream one pound of sugar, and the same of butter. Beat six eggs separately, the yolks with the sugar and butter ; add flour enough to roll out : season to your taste. Cut them in rings, and bake : sift sugar over them when they arc hot.

5

FAMILY llECEirT BOOK. 103

6

COMMON JUMBLES. Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and tlic same of sugar; add four eggs, a little brandy and nutmeg; flour enough to roll out: bake in pans: cut them in round rings.

7

One cup full of butter, two cups full of sugar, one cup full of sour cream, four eggs, half a nutmeg, and a little cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of soda ; flour enough to make a dough. Roll out, and fry in hot lard.

By Hodgson, Mary, fl. 1855 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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