Fancy Cakes.
Reading edition
Take: Sugar, ½ lb.; eggs, 4; flour, ½ lb.; essence of lemon, 1 teaspoonful.
Beat half a pound of sugar and the yolks of four eggs together; add half a pound of flour, and beat up thoroughly; then add a teaspoonful of essence of lemon, and the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in small patties, and put a sugar-plum on the top of each.
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