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19. Almond Cake. No. 1. 1 pound of fresh sweet and 1/2 ounce of bitter almonds,
3/4 pound of sifted sugar, 12-15 eggs, 1 lemon, a slip of mace, 2 heaping
spoonfuls of finely grated and sifted potato flour, or better still rice flour.
The almonds are hulled, washed, dried and grated, the yolks of the eggs stirred
with the sugar on which half of the lemon is grated, then add the juice, mace
and the almonds, constantly stirring for 1/2 hour (see No. 1). Mix the whites of
the eggs lightly through this, then the flour and baking powder, pour into a
form, put into a moderately hot oven and bake for l 1/4 hours. Do not jar the
form; the heat must not be stronger from the bottom than from the top. To make
this cake look prettier pour over it a frosting as given under No. 9, a,nd dot
this with preserved or candied fruit sliced as thin as paper.
20. Almond Cake with Wheat Bread. No. 2. Take 10 ounces of sifted sugar, 8
ounces of fresh sweet and 1 ounce of bitter almonds, grated, 12-14 eggs, 0
ounces of not too stale grated and sifted wheat bread, and 1 lemon.
Grate some of the lemon peel on the sugar, stir it with the juice and the yolks
of the eggs for 1/4 hour as directed under No. 1, add the almonds to this and
stir for 1/4 hour longer. When this is done mix the wheat bread quickly through
the mass and lightly stir through it the beaten whites of the eggs. The cake is
baked and frosted the same as the above cake. It can also be baked in layers and
spread with jelly. A very pretty way is to color one part green, one part red
and one part brown.
21. Orange Cake. Make an almond dough of 6 ounces of grated almonds, 1/2 pound
of sifted sugar, 12 eggs (the whites beaten to a froth), a little more than 2
ounces of flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of arrac, or else half of the puff paste as
given under No. 3, and out of this bake two layers. Then on the stove beat to a
thick cream 2 whole and the yolks of 4 eggs, 1/2 pound of sifted sugar, the
juice of 4 oranges, the juice of 2 lemons ana the rind of an orange grated on
some sugar, spread over one layer, put the other layer on this and frost the
latter with the following: The juice of 1 orange is stirred
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