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pound sugar, sprinkled with mace, into one pound and a quarter flour, add four
eggs, one glass rose water, bake as No. 1.

      Gingerbread.
No. 4. Three pound sugar, half pound butter, quarter of a pound of ginger, one
doz. eggs, one glass rose water, rub into three pounds, bake as No. 1.

      A cheap seed Cake.
Rub one pound sugar, half an ounce allspice into four quarts flour, into which
pour one pound butter, melted in one pint milk, nine eggs, one gill emptins,
(carroway seed and currants, or raisins if you please) make into two loaves,
bake one and half hour.

      Queens Cake.
Whip half pound butter to a cream, add 1 pound sugar, ten eggs, one glass wine,
half gill rose water, and spices to your taste, all worked into one and a
quarter pound flour, put into pans, cover with paper, and bake in a quick well
heat oven, 12 or 16 minutes.

      Pound Cake.
One pound sugar, one pound butter, one pound flour, one pound or ten eggs, rose
water one gill, spices to your taste; watch it well, it will bake in a slow oven
in 15 minutes.

      Another (called) Pound Cake.
Work three quarters of a pound butter, one pound of good sugar, 'till very
white, whip ten whites to a foam, add the yolks and beat together, add one spoon
rose water, 2 of brandy, and put the whole to one and a quarter of a pound
flour, if yet too soft add flour and bake slowly.

      Soft Cakes in little pans.
One and half pound sugar, half pound butter, rubbed into two pounds flour, add
one glass wine, one do. rose water, 18 eggs and a nutmeg.

      A light Cake to bake in small cups.
Half a pound sugar, half a pound butter, rubbed

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