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To Pickles Turnips diamond cross of dots

Take Turnips and slice them very thin : then put
them into a pot. a Lay of pepper mace and Cloves bruised and a Lay of
the Turnips. fill up the pot with, Vinegar and Lett them stand
3 or 4 Days before you use them. [flourish]

To Make a very good Cake [flourish]

Take 6 a pound of fine flour, 6 pound of Currants, 2 pound of Butter,
a quart of Cream, and a quart of good ale barme - first mingle
the Currants together with the flower putting into it a pound of Sugar
some. Cloves mace and Nutmegs pounded then make the flour into
an heap in the middle of the pan you make the Cake in, and
in one side of the flour put in 20 Eggs (Leaving out 8 of the Whites)
first beaten together with the Barme, and in the other side of the
flour put the quart of Cream and the 2 pound of Butter (the Butter being first
melted in the Cream) and so put in, mingle this Cake one way - then set
it by the fire and Let it rise half an hour. then put it into a Coffin of
White paper (you must Leave out of your 2 Pound of Butter as much as [w]
will Butter the Coffin) set it into the oven for 3/4 of an hour then
take it out and make this Iceing for it [flourish]
Take 2 pounds of fine Sugar and mingle it with rose Water, beat it
a good while then Lay it on the Cake with a feather set it into the
Oven and Let it stand till it riseth well then take it out and Eat
it when Cold
[flourish]

Note: Sugar line 3: r obscured due to binding: manuscript checked