Cheese Cakes

Ingredients

• four ounces of breadcrumbs
• one tablespoonful of sherry
• one cup of freshly-grated cocoanut
• one cup of sugar
• one-half cup of cream
• one-half cup of butter
• one cup of granulated sugar
• a pint of milk on to boil
• a pound of butter
• a pound of sugar
• a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• a pound of currants well washed
• four eggs light
• four eggs until very thick
• three eggs
• one-half cup of cocoanut milk
• four eggs beaten to a cream
• one lemon
• two large heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar
• cinnamon
• lemon juice

Directions

1. Put a pint of milk on to boil, beat four eggs light and stir into the milk; when it is a thick curd remove from the fire and when cool mash it very fine, add to it four ounces of breadcrumbs. Beat to a cream half a pound of butter and half a pound of sugar, add the curds and bread; beat four eggs until very thick and light and pour them into this mixture; then add gradually one tablespoonful of sherry and one of brandy and one of rose-water, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and lastly a quarter of a pound of currants well washed. Line either pie plates or shallow cake pans with puff paste, pour in the mixture and bake in a quick oven. They should be served cold and eaten the day they are baked.

2. COCOANUT PIE (a Southern Recipe).

3. One cup of freshly-grated cocoanut, one cup of sugar, three eggs, half a lemon, juice and grated rind, one-half cup of cream, one-half cup of butter and one-half cup of cocoanut milk. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add other ingredients, the yolks of eggs beaten very light with the cream, the lemon juice and rind and lastly the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Line a dish with puff paste, pour the mixture in and bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour.

4. LEMON PIE (a Southern Recipe).

5. The yolks of four eggs beaten to a cream with one cup of granulated sugar and the grated rind of one lemon. Peel the lemon, removing every particle of white skin, cut into thin slices; have a pie plate lined with puff paste, arrange the slices of lemon on the paste, add enough milk to the eggs and sugar to fill the plate, pour it in, and bake until set. Beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, and stir in two large heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar, put on top of the pie and bake a light brown.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.