Rawda Cake

Ingredients

Half a cup of butter; a cup and a half of sugar; a tablespoon of cognac; the juice of a lemon; the grated rind of two lemons; the whites of six eggs, well beaten; two and a half cups of flour; four teaspoons of baking powder; half a teaspoon of carbonate of ammonia; half a cup of milk.

Method: Beat the butter, then add the sugar and the cognac and beat well; after that add the egg yolks, then the lemon juice and grated rind; after that add the egg whites; and finally add, gradually and by careful stirring, the flour mixed and sifted with the baking powder and the carbonate of ammonia, alternating with a little of the milk. Then pour the mixture into a mold and bake it.