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Coriander Cakes

A historical recipe from Candy-Making at Home Two hundred ways to make candy with home flavors and professional finish, by Wright, Mary M.‏ (Mary Mason) (1915).

A historical recipe

Candy-Making at Home Two hundred ways to make candy with home flavors and professional finish, by Wright, Mary M.‏ (Mary Mason) (1915). Project Gutenberg eBook #43370.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Candy-Making at Home Two hundred ways to make candy with home flavors and professional finish, by Wright, Mary M.‏ (Mary Mason) (1915). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #43370 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43370). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Cream together one cupful of sugar and four eggs until thick and white, then add one and a half cupfuls of flour into which has been sifted one teaspoonful of baking-powder;
  2. then add two tablespoonfuls of coriander seed and one teaspoonful of lemon extract.
  3. This should be a rather thick sponge.
  4. Drop by spoonfuls on buttered pans or greased paper.
  5. Bake in a hot oven to a golden brown.