Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of blanched bitter almonds
• 7 ounces of flour
• 10 eggs
• 1 lb of loaf sugar
• 2 tablespoons of rose water

Directions

1. Beat the almonds until they're very fine
2. Finely sift the flour and be sure its well dried
3. Pound and sift the sugar
4. Add the eggs, flour, rose water, and the sugar to the almonds and stir
5. Bake at 350  until its finely brown
6. Ice with egg whites and 24 teaspoons of loaf sugar combined or with vanilla

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Gary Coty
Louisiana Anthology
March 18, 2020