{"id":4540,"slug":"anise-seed-cake","title":"Anise seed cake.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["One-half pound of sugar","four eggs","one-half pound of flour","one-half ounce of anise seed"],"ingredients_norm":["sugar","egg","flour","anise seed"],"steps":["Beat the sugar and eggs together over a slow fire until blood warm, then remove and continue beating until cold and firm.","Then add the sifted flour and anise seed.","Mix, and lay out on a greased and floured pan in drops about one and one-half inches in diameter.","Put in a dry warm place until a crust forms on top (a few hours will be required), and then bake in a slow oven."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w18:13","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"96e6964931606f82c6dd5d6f8b85e0593aff33eb8a3373836a56de6d1f818f4e","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:37:04Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/anise-seed-cake"}