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A plumb Cake Mrs Wm Brydges

Take 4 pound of flour and one pound of sugar, 1 nutmeg
grated, beaten cloves and mace mix all these
together first. Then take a pint of milk and
melt a pound and an half of butter your milk
must not boil, but only warm enough to
melt the butter Then take a pint of Ale
Yeast with two or 3 eggs, and some rose water
and so beat them very well together before
you put it in Then take 2 pound of currants
wash'd (if you make it plumb) or elce some
seeds which you like best Then work it up
and flour it a little and let it stand half
an hour before the fire to rise You may
put in some sliced Orange & Lemon peel.

To make a white pott -- Mrs Capps

Take a quart of cream, boil it with some Mace, and
when it is off the fire, season it as you would do a
custard take 7or 8 yolks of eggs, beat them well
together with a spoonfull or two of cream When
your cream is almost cold put the eggs to it stirrnig
them well together Take a dish that will hold the
quantity and more of cream, Take a two penny loaf
of Manchet cut all the crust off and slice it thin
Bake it in an Oven not too hott.

To Make Potted Beef -- Mrs. Clark Moreton

Take 2 pounds loan beef & season it with pepper & salt & a little
nutmeg, and 2 pounda pound butter, then bake it , and when it comes from
the oven, beat it very fine, and put in all the gravy that comes from
it then put it into potts