French Cake

Ingredients

• Twelve eggs
• One pound of loaf sugar
• One grated lemon peel
• One half pound of sifted flour
• One half pound of sifted, dried-ground rice
• Four ounces of sweet almonds
• One ounce of bitter almonds
• One tablespoon of orange flower water

Directions

1. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
2. Pound and sift the loaf sugar.
3. Pound the almonds in a mortar with the orange flower water.
4. Mix all ingredients gradually and beat well.
5. Paper the pan and bake for one hour.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024