Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited
Cocoa-Nut Biscuits or Cakes
285g (10oz) Caster Sugar
170g (6oz) Grated Coconut
3 Eggs
Rice Paper
Whisk the eggs until very light.
Gradually add the sugar.
Stir in the coconut.
Roll a tablespoonful of the paste at a time in your hands in the form of a pyramid.
Place the pyramids on paper, put the paper on baking trays.
Bake the biscuits in rather a cool oven until they are just coloured a light brown.
Time: About 15 minutes.
Seasonable at any time.
COCOA-NUT BISCUITS OR CAKES
1740. INGREDIENTS - 10 oz. of sifted sugar, 3 eggs, 6 oz. of grated cocoa-nut.
Mode - Whisk the eggs until they are very light; add the sugar gradually; then stir in the cocoa-nut. Roll a tablespoonful of the paste at a time in your hands in the form of a pyramid; place the pyramids on paper, put the paper on tins, and bake the biscuits in rather a cool oven until they are just coloured a light brown.
Time - About 1/4 hour.
Seasonable at any time.
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