A Royal Dessert

Original Recipe

Cut a stale cake into slices an inch and a half in thickness; pour over them a little good sweet cream; then fry lightly in fresh butter in a smooth frying pan; when done, place over each slice of cake a layer of preserves or you may make a rich sauce to be served with it. Another dish equally as good, is to dip thin slices of bread into fresh milk; have ready two eggs well beaten; dip the slices in the egg and fry them in butter to a light brown; when fried, pour over them a syrup, any kind that you choose, and serve hot.

Ingredients

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  • 1 stale cake into slices an inch and a half in thickness
  • 1 little good sweet cream
  • 1 smooth frying pan
  • 1 layer of preserves or you may make a rich sauce to be served with it
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 1 light brown
  • 1 syrup

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Cut a stale cake into slices an inch and a half in thickness; pour over them a little good sweet cream; then fry _lightly_ in fresh butter in a smooth frying pan; when done, place over each slice of cake a layer of preserves or you may make a rich sauce to be served with it.

  2. 2

    Another dish equally as good, is to dip thin slices of bread into fresh milk; have ready two eggs well beaten; dip the slices in the egg and fry them in butter to a light brown; when fried, pour over them a syrup, any kind that you choose, and serve hot.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)