{"id":4969,"slug":"imperial-pancakes","title":"Imperial pancakes","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["thin pancakes","sponge cake","apple sauce","meringue paste"],"ingredients_norm":["thin pancake","sponge cake","apple sauce","meringue paste"],"steps":["Make some thin pancakes, and cut in circular shapes with a three-inch round cutter.","With the same cutter cut some sponge cake, and about one-half inch thick.","Put some apple sauce on top of the cake, then one of the round pieces of pancake, and repeat until you have four layers with the pancake on top.","Decorate with meringue paste, with a pastry bag and a fancy tube, and form in the shape of a crown on top.","Put in oven to give a light color."],"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:w45:8","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.9,"content_hash":"e601c7d92d41125ed5dfd81f12971550a39307a9d25706c2926a80bf71f43b1e","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:40:36Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:40:36Z","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/imperial-pancakes"}