Raised Golden Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Flour | 10 Ounce | |
| 2 gills milk | ||
| Butter | 3 Ounce | |
| 2 oz. white bread crumbs | ||
| Eggs | 4 standard | |
| Yeast | 1/2 Ounce | |
| Vanilla sugar package | 1 | |
| Sugar | 4 1/2 Ounce | |
| Rum | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Walnuts | 2 Ounce | |
Directions
Make a batter of the yeast, one lump of sugar, 1 tbsp. warm milk and a little flour.
Sift 1/2 lb. flour into a basin, make a well in middle and put the leavened batter into it.
Dredge with flour and let it rise a little.
Cream the yolks of two eggs with 1 oz. castor sugar and rum.
With a wooden spoon mix the flour and the batter with enough warm milk to make a dough.
Combine with the creamed mixture and 1 oz. butter, and continue mixing with the wooden spoon until the dough blisters and leaves spoon clean.
Then dredge with flour, cover with clean cloth and set it in a warm place to rise.
When risen, turn onto floured pastry board, roll out to the thickness of a finger and stamp out pieces the size of a walnut with pastry cutter.
Turn each piece in melted butter and arrange close to each other in a tin, greased with butter and dusted with fine breadcrumbs.
Sprinkle ground walnuts mixed with sugar between the rows.
Brush top with beaten egg, let it rise again and bake in a moderate oven.
Sift 1/2 lb. flour into a basin, make a well in middle and put the leavened batter into it.
Dredge with flour and let it rise a little.
Cream the yolks of two eggs with 1 oz. castor sugar and rum.
With a wooden spoon mix the flour and the batter with enough warm milk to make a dough.
Combine with the creamed mixture and 1 oz. butter, and continue mixing with the wooden spoon until the dough blisters and leaves spoon clean.
Then dredge with flour, cover with clean cloth and set it in a warm place to rise.
When risen, turn onto floured pastry board, roll out to the thickness of a finger and stamp out pieces the size of a walnut with pastry cutter.
Turn each piece in melted butter and arrange close to each other in a tin, greased with butter and dusted with fine breadcrumbs.
Sprinkle ground walnuts mixed with sugar between the rows.
Brush top with beaten egg, let it rise again and bake in a moderate oven.
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