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Mrs Gadfords Cakes;
Take a pound of the best flouer dryed
& Seared, mingle into it halfe a quarter
of an ounce of beaten mace, & rub in
a pound of new butter til you Can not
deserne the butter & flower asunder,
then put in a pound of loafe Sugar beten
& Seared; then breake in Seaven eggs
leaving out to or three of the whites,
mingle them all together, & take a pound
of the best Currants & when they are wel
washed & rubed put them in a puter dish
& plump them over a Chafen dish of Coals
& put them to the rest, & put them into
your pans when they are butered, & bake
them a quarter of an hour, when you set
them into the ouen leave Sum Sugar
ouer them, they wil be better at a
months end then at the first if you
keepe them dry.
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