The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

A digital version of a rare antique cookbook originally published in 1896 for those who want to kick it Olde Skool !
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RECIPE

 

 
 
Hanover Cake or Pudding.
  Bake half a pound of almonds blanched and beaten fine
with a little rose-water, half a pound of sifted sugar, twelve
eggs, leaving out half the whites, the rind of a lemon
grated very fine ; put a few almonds in the mortar at a
time, and introduce by degrees about a. teacupful of rose-
water ; keep throwing in the sugar ; when you have done
the almonds and the sugar together a little at a time till
they are all used up, put the mixture into your pan with
the eggs, beating them well together. In half an hour the
dish will be baked ; it must be a light brown.
 
 

 
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