The 1901 Cookbook Archive
No. 2122 — Cream Cake
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 2122 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
The printed original has an ingredients table only, without a method.
The listed cake includes butter, yolks, sugar, very thick cream, whipped whites and potato or fine wheat flour.
To provide
⅓ pound butter and 4 yolks ⅓ pound sugar, ⅔ glass ⅔ glass very thick cream | 3 whipped whites and ⅓ glass potato starch Or fine wheat flour |
Historical editorial note: No baking instructions are supplied by the historical entry.
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 2122. Historical quantities and terminology are retained. See the measurements guide. Period preparation and storage methods are not modern safety guidance.