Rice Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb ground rice
• 1/2 lb flour
• 1/2 lb loaf sugar
• 9 eggs
• 20 drops of essence of lemon, or the rind of 1 lemon
• 1/4 lb butter

Instructions

1. Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs;
2. whisk them both well, and add to the latter the butter beaten to a cream.
3. Stir in the flour, rice, and lemon (if the rind is used, it must be very finely minced), and beat the mixture well;
4. then add the whites of the eggs, beat the cake again for some time, put it into a buttered mould or tin, and bake it for nearly 1-1/2 hour.
5. It may be flavoured with essence of almonds, when this is preferred.