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rinds of two lemons, and mix well with the sugar, then beat the whites of two
new-laid eggs very well, and mix them well with the sugar and lemon-peel; beat
them together an hour and a quarter, then make them up in what form you please;
be quick to set them in a moderate oven; do not take off the papers till cold.
CHAP. XII.
TO MAKE ALL SORTS OF CAKES.
A rich Cake.
TAKE six pounds of the best fresh butter, work it to a cream with your hands;
then throw in by degrees three pounds of double refined sugar, well beat and
sifted; mix them well together, then work in three pounds of blanched almonds;
and having beated four pounds of eggs, and strained them through a sieve, put
them in; beat them all together till they are thick and look white. Then add
half a pint of French brandy, half a pint of sack, a small quantity of ginger,
and about two ounces each of mace, cloves, and cinnamon, with three large
nutmegs, all beaten in a mortar as fine as possible. Then
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