This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Prepare a batter as for French pancakes (No. 1186) ; butter an iron pan, one foot in diameter and one and a half inches deep. Place this on a hot stove, and pour all the batter into it, letting it cook for three minutes. Remove to a brisk oven for seven minutes. Take it out, slide the cake carefully on a hot dessert-dish, and send it to the table with six pieces of lemon.
 
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