French Butter Cakes

Ingredients

• 500 g manteca (beef lard)
• 500 g sugar
• 12 eggs
• 500 g flour
• sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Beat the manteca (beef lard) very thoroughly until light and creamy. Add the sifted sugar and work the mixture again until well combined. Beat in the eggs one at a time, continuing to work the batter until smooth and homogeneous. Fold in the flour and beat the batter again until very fine and uniform in texture.
2. Fill small paper molds with the batter. Place in the oven and bake until golden. Remove from the oven and dust generously with sugar while still warm.