Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
vegetariannut-free
Light Cake
From The encyclopædia of practical cookery, 1890
Serves 13
Cake should be dark and firm.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- 31b. of sifted flour
- ljoz. of yeast
- 1 breakfast-cupful of cold water
- loz. of salt
- 4oz. of sifted crushed loaf sugar
- the yolks of twenty-four eggs
- the whites of twelve
- 21b. of butter
- a few table-spoonfuls of well-whipped cream
Method
Make a sponge with flour, yeast, and water.
Mix remaining ingredients, add sponge, let rise, bake for 1.5 hours.
As published
This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Light Cake. — Put 31b. of sifted flour on to a board or table and with one-fourth of it, ljoz. of yeast, and 1 breakfast- cupful of cold w'ater, form a sponge and set to rise. Make a bay in the remainder of the flour, and work in loz. of salt, 4oz. of sifted crushed loaf sugar, 1 breakfast-cupful of cream, the yolks of twenty-four eggs and the whites of twelve, and 21b. of butter. Mix the paste thoroughly, then work in the sponge, add a few table-spoonfuls of well-whipped cream
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