Lemon Cheese Cakes, 182

 

Ingredients                                                                

• Grated oily rind of three fresh lemons
• One-fourth pound sugar loaf
• One-half pound fresh butter
• Six egg yolks
• Puff paste

Directions

1. Grate with care the oily rind of three fresh lemons. 
2. Rub this with one-fourth pound sugar loaf, until perfectly incorporated with sugar.
3. Then add by degrees, one-half pound of good fresh butter. 
4. Beat very light the yolks of six eggs. 
5. Mix all well together. 
6. Then line a dish with puff paste, and put in the above nature.
7. Bake three-quarters of an hour and serve hot.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Olivia Ashmore
Louisiana Anthology
March 25, 2022