The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged EditionMeier, Lina
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The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Meier, Lina
Cooking, German
Preparation: Stir the butter, sugar and yolks of eggs to a cream. Add
the chocolate dissolved in water, unblanched, ground almonds, flour
and baking powder and the beaten whites of eggs. Butter a round, loose
bottom pan, put the batter in and bake in a slow oven. Mix the whipped
cream with sugar and vanilla and fill or cover the tart with it before
serving.
No. 92—ENGLISH BRIDE’S CAKE (FRUIT CAKE).
1 lb. of butter
1 lb. brown sugar
10 eggs
1 lb. of flour
1 pt. of brandy
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 lbs. finely cut citron
½ tbsp. of ground cloves
4 ground nutmegs
1 tsp. of baking soda
1 cup of molasses
10 lbs. of raisins
4 lbs. of currants
1 tbsp. of ground bark of nutmeg
Preparation: The butter is stirred to a cream with sugar and yolks of
eggs. Then work in ½ lb. of flour, the brandy mixed with the spices
and the molasses in which the soda is dissolved, the beaten whites of
eggs, then raisins, currants, citron and the other ½ lb. of flour. The
cake is baked 3 to 4 hours.
Remarks: This cake may be kept 20 years and longer and will still be
palatable. Wine is served with it.
No. 93—GOOD TART DOUGH.
¼ lb. of butter
2 yolks of eggs
¼ lb. of blanched, ground almonds
¼ lb. of sugar
1 tbsp. of brandy
2 cups of flour
½ cup of cracker crumbs
Preparation: Cream the butter with sugar, egg yolks and brandy, and
add the flour. Roll out the dough and line a round, loose bottom pan
with it. Strew with ½ cup of cracker crumbs and ¼ lb. blanched, ground
almonds. Spread the fruit on the almonds. This dough is very good for
any kind of Fruit Tart.
No. 94—CHOCOLATE TART No. 2.
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
⅛ lb. chopped bitter chocolate
20 chopped almonds
½ cup of flour
1 heaping tsp. of baking powder
For Filling.
1 pt. of whipped cream
Preparation: Beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, add the chopped
bitter chocolate and almonds, then yolks of eggs and sugar, and lastly
the flour and baking powder. Bake in two layers. A little before
serving, spread whipped cream between the layers.
No. 95—FILLED SAND TART.
Sand tart batter as in No. 82.
For Filling.
1 glass of fine fruit marmalade
For Frosting.
Rum frosting according to Chapter 20, No. 22
Preparation: The sand tart batter should be baked in 3 layers; when
cold, spread the fruit marmalade between the layers. Then cover with
rum frosting.
No. 96—TREE TART.
7 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup finest flour
Chocolate or sour filling
Preparation: Beat the yolks with a rotary egg beater, add ½ cup sugar
and beat well again, then set aside. Beat whites to stiff froth, add
other ½ cup sugar. Mix both and add 1 cup flour measured before
sifting. Butter pans, dredge them with flour and put the batter in.
Bake in 8 layers in a slow oven. Spread chocolate or sour cream
filling as in No. 76, between the layers. You may also cover with a
frosting if you wish.
No. 97—FENCE TART.
First Layer.
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