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To make Aunt Wattss of London seed Cake

Take 4 li of fine flowr & dry it 3 hours before
th e fire then rub in a pound & quarter of Butter
till their their is no lumps in it, then take a
pint of ale yeast and a quart of milk 2 peny -
worth of safforn dry'd and putt in a ragg,
& squeezed in the milk till all the vertue is
out, then put the yeast first into the flowr
then the milk a little warme to the yeast
and flowr working of it well togather
with your hands then putt 3 quarters of a
pound of smoath Carraways cumfitts 3 quarter
of a pound of biscay cumfitts, when you have
worked all togather putt it in to an hoop.
an hour will bake it if the owen be quick.
you may put in a pound and half of suger
& 2 oz of carraway seeds instead of th e
comfits as you please