This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
One and three-quarters cup of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of butter, one-quarter of yeast cake, one-quarter of a cup of lukewarm water, two cups of flour, yolks of two eggs, whites of two eggs.
Scald milk; add salt and butter, and when lukewarm, add yeast cake dissolved in water and flour. Beat well; let rise over night; add yolks of eggs well beaten, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook same as waffles. By using a whole yeast cake the mixture will rise in one and one-half hours.
 
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