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Chocolate Cakes

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. three teaspoonfuls of cold water
  2. Sugar
  3. Vanilla

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.

Method

  1. Whisk a packet of Nelson’s Albumen with three teaspoonfuls of cold water to the strongest possible froth, mix in half-a-pound of finely sifted sugar, two teaspoonfuls of Schweitzer’s Cocoatina, and six drops of Nelson’s Essence of Vanilla ;
  2. sift paper thickly with sugar, and drop small teaspoonfuls of the mixture at equal distances on it, allowing space for the cakes to spread a little.
  3. Bake for ten minutes in a moderate oven.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Sieve