The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Wine Cake

Put six tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar into a saucepan with one pint of wine, and stir it over the fire till on the point of boiling. Take the sweetened wine off the fire and leave it till cooled to blood heat. Beat six eggs well, and mix them with the wine, then stir the liquor gradually into four ounces of the best white flour, and beat it well. Butter a cake-tin, pour in the cake, and bake it in a quick oven. Remove the cake from the tin as soon as baked.

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