Queens Cake
Origin: Hartford, Connecticut
Source: Amelia Simmons, 1796
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound butter
- 1 pound sugar
- 10 eggs
- 1 glass wine
- 1/2 gill rose water
- spices
- 1 1/4 pounds flour
Instructions
- Whip half a pound butter to a cream.
- Add one pound sugar, ten eggs, one glass wine, half a gill rose water, and spices to your taste.
- Work the whole into one and a quarter pounds flour.
- Put into pans and cover with paper.
- Bake in a quick, well-heated oven twelve to sixteen minutes.