Marguerites
A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).
A historical recipe
Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.
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 Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- one pound of sugar
- one pound of butter very light
- one and one-half pound of flour
- one teaspoonful of mixed spices
- one-half glassful of rose water
- six eggs
Method
- Cream together one pound of sugar and one pound of butter very light.
- Beat the yolks of six eggs, sift one and one-half pound of flour into the eggs, butter, and sugar;
- one teaspoonful of mixed spices, one-half glassful of rose water.
- Stir the whole well, and roll it on the board till it is half an inch thick;
- cut in cakes and bake quickly.
- When cold, spread the surface of each cake with marmalade.
- Beat the whites of four eggs light, and add enough powdered sugar to make them as thick as icing.
- Flavor it with lemon, and put it on top of each cake.
- Put the cakes in the oven, and as soon as they are of a pale brown, take them out.--Miss M.
- C.
- L.