Valentine Cakes

A dish built around cottolene and sugar.

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 2/3 cup Cottolene
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3-1/4 cups flour
  • 4-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon rose water
  • 1/4 teaspoon mace
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. PROCESS: Cream Cottolene, add gradually one cup sugar. Beat egg yolk thick and light, add gradually remaining cup sugar. Combine mixtures. Mix and sift flour, baking powder, mace and salt. Add alternately to first mixture with milk, add rose water. Then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Bake in small heart-shaped individual tins. Cover with frosting and outline the edge with tiny red candies.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories480
Protein10.2 g
Fat4.4 g
Carbs100.7 g
Fiber1.5 g
Sodium505 mg

Source

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners (pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States