rationing WW1 recipe Potato Flour Sponge Cake - Survival & Self Reliance Forum

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December 21, 2018 at 5:23 pm #6638

Old Goat
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This one I will have to do a bit of research on, not sure how potato flour is made. I’ll get back to you guys on this unless one of you known how?

Potato Flour Sponge Cake

5 fresh eggs

1 cup granulated sugar

Grated rind and juice of half lemon

½ cup of potato flour

¼ teaspoon salt

Beat yolks of eggs until stiff and light, add sugar gradually, beating constantly; add lemon juice and grated rind (grated orange rind and juice may be substituted)

Then cut in stiffly beaten egg whites, and finally salt mixed in with flour. The batter should be light. Bake in ungreased angel cake pan 50 minutes in a moderate oven.

(Sift the potato flour before measuring, then 4 or 5 times after measuring)
December 22, 2018 at 2:21 am #6660

OldMt Woman
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Potato starch is what’s left in the water from boiling [ or purposefully over-boiling ] cut up potatoes. It’s nice, added to a bread recipe….or pancakes.

But …potato flour…must be different??

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December 22, 2018 at 8:12 am #6665

Old Goat
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Yeah I used potato water in bread and pancakes too.

Found this on line

The difference between potato flour and potato starch is critical in gluten-free baking. … After all, both products are made from potatoes. The key difference is this: Potato flour is from whole potatoes and potato starch is only from the starchof the potato.

Potato flour is made from potatoes, including their skins. The potatoes are cooked, skins on, then dried and ground finely. It can be used as a thickener to some degree (though it does not thicken as well as Potato Starch, however) and in some baked goods, as it retains moisture.

So this sounds like we could cook, dehydrate the potatoes and grind them into flour
July 29, 2019 at 6:19 am #21182
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August 11, 2019 at 9:29 pm #21513

Old School
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So, dried potato flakes pulverized in the blender?
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