William Woys Weaver

Almond Cakes

1900

Preparation info
  • Yield: Approximately

    4 Dozen

    Diamonds.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets
The Christmas Cook

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

  • About

Ingredients

  • ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • ½ cup superfine sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Cream the butter and sugar. Beat the eggs and add the cream. Sift the flour and spices together twice. Combine the sugar and egg mixtures, then sift in the flour. Work this into a soft dough. Dust the work surface with confectioners’ sugar and roll ou