Deliciosa (Mrs. Fleming.)

Name: Deliciosa (Mrs. Fleming.)
Ingredients: 4 oz almonds; 5 stale sponge cakes; 8 oz white sugar; teaspoon cinnamon; grated orange peel; 3 egg whites; whipped cream; small preserved fruit; preserve

Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891

Ingredients

4 oz almonds
5 stale sponge cakes
8 oz white sugar
teaspoon cinnamon
grated orange peel
3 egg whites
whipped cream
small preserved fruit
preserve

Instructions

Pound 4 oz. of almonds and crumble 5 stale sponge cakes; mix them with 8 oz. of white sugar, the cinnamon, and some grated orange-peel.
Mix in the whites of three eggs, well whisked (2 or 3 eggs may be used).
Bake in small patty tins in a brisk oven till a golden colour, for a quarter of an hour or less.
Have ready some whipped cream with any small preserved fruit. Put a teaspoonful on each, with a little preserve in the centre.