Sugar Grains

Original Recipe

These are made by pounding white lump sugar in a mortar and shaking it through sieves of different degrees of coarseness, thus accumulating grains of different sizes. They are used in ornamenting cake.

Ingredients

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  • 1 mortar and shaking it through sieves of different degrees of coarseness

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Instructions

  1. 1

    These are made by pounding white lump sugar in a mortar and shaking it through sieves of different degrees of coarseness, thus accumulating grains of different sizes.

  2. 2

    They are used in ornamenting cake.

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