Circa 1861 Trifle Recipe

Ingredients

  • * They didn't have the stoves we did, and thusly baking times are not provided, so I used the time for contemporary sponge cakes, go figure.
  • For the Whip
  • 1 pint of cream
  • 3 ounces of pounded sugar
  • whites of 2 eggs
  • 1 small glass of sherry or raisin wine
  • For the trifle
  • 1 pint of custard, made with 8 eggs to a pint of milk
  • 6 small sponge-cakes, or 6 slices of sponge-cake
  • 12 macaroons
  • 2 dozen ratafias (a sweet biscuit made of almond paste)
  • 2 ounces of sweet almonds
  • grated rind of 1 lemon
  • layer of raspberry or strawberry jam
  • 1/2 pint of sherry or sweet wine
  • 6 tablespoonfuls of brandy
  • Sponge cake (circa 1896 - The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book)
  • Ingredients
  • yolks 6 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • grated rind one-half lemon
  • whites 6 eggs
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Boiled custards (The Book of Household Management (1861))
  • 1 pint of milk
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 ounces of loaf sugar
  • 3 laurel-leaves, or the rind of 4 lemons, or a few drops of essence of vanilla
  • 1 tablespoonful of brandy

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