This section is from the book "Practical Cooking And Serving", by Janet McKenzie Hill. Also available from Amazon: Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of How to Select, Prepare, and Serve Food [1919].
2 cups of scalded milk. 1 cup of water. 1 cake of compressed yeast. Juice and grated rind of one lemon. 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. 1 teaspoonful of salt. 4 eggs. Flour. 1 cup of melted butter Blanched almonds.
Soften the yeast in the water and add to the cooled milk with enough flour to make a batter. When light and spongy add the eggs, beaten without separating, the butter, lemon juice, salt, and flour to make a soft dough that may be kneaded. Knead until elastic, then set aside until light. When light roll out in a sheet an inch thick and fit into pans. When again light brush over the top with white of egg and sprinkle with blanched almonds, fine chopped. Bake about half an hour. Reheat by letting stand a few moments în a hot oven, Serve with coffee or chocolate,
1 cup of scalded milk. 1/4 cup of sugar. 2 cakes of compressed yeast 1/2 teaspoonful of salt. 1/4 cup of water. 1 egg. Flour for a sponge. Grating of lemon rind. 1/3 cup of melted butter. Flour.
Make a sponge with the milk, yeast softened in the water, and flour; when light add the other ingredients and flour to make a very stiff batter; beat thoroughly; when light again spread in a buttered dripping pan, cover, and let rise. When ready for the oven, brush over with beaten egg and dust thickly with sugar and cinnamon, mixed. Bake in a hot oven.
 
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