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Flame Cake

Beat together the yolks of ten eggs with half a pound of caster-sugar for twenty minutes; warm six ounces of butter, beat till creamy, and mix it in with the eggs, adding half a pound of the best white flour, and the grated peel and juice of one lemon. Whisk the whites of the ten eggs to a froth, and mix them into this preparation. Butter a shallow cake-tin, pour in this mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. When it is done, remove from the pan, leaving it until the following day. Just when serving, put it on a dish, soak it in brandy, set fire to it, and serve at once.