Manuscript Cookbook 205

Seed Cake Put the yolks of ten, the whites of five, Eggs into two pounds of Flour, a quarter of a pint of yeast, one pound of rough sugar, Carraways, and a quarter of a pound of Sugar; then stir in one pound of Butter melted in a quarter of a pint of Cream; set it half an hour before the fire to rise and bake it one hour.

Buns Rub half a pound of Butter into three pounds of Flour till like grated bread, put to it three Eggs, three spoon fuls of Wine or Brandy, half a pound of Sugar, half a nutmeg, a race of Ginger, a quarter of a pint of thick Yest, as much warm milk as will make it into a light paste: set it half an hour before the fire, and then make it into one dozen of buns, wet them over with egg and beer beat together, and bake them half an hour in a quick oven.

56 Spunge Biscuits. Beat the yolks of ten, the whites of five Eggs, with one pound of sifted Sugar, to a froth; as it is beating put in, a little at a time, a quarter of a pint of boiling Water and two spoonfuls of Rosewater; set it on the fire and keep it beating till too hot to bear a finger in it, take it off and beat it till almost cold, then pour in three quarters of a pound of Flour well dried, and the peel of one Lemon grated. Bake it in little long tin pans buttered, in a quick oven; sift sugar over them before they are set in. Angelica Cakes are made the same way, only coloured with the juice of Angelica, from the young stalks bruised and strained.

Lemon Cakes. Beat and sift one pound of double refined Sugar, wet it with juice of Lemon and boil it almost to a candy height, then

drop it small on plates, and set them in a warm place till they will slip off. Grated Lemon peel may be put to one half of it and boiled up; juice must be added to that, or it will not drop neat ly. To make a variety, some shoud be done with . Barberry juice instead of lemon and used together in Desserts etc.

Cream Pancakes. Melt a quarter of a pound of Butter in one pint of Cream, mix it into a quarter of a pound of Flour with the yolks of eight Eggs and half the whites, a little Rosewater or Ratafia; butter the pan only for the first pancake; sift sugar on every one and garnish woith Orange etc. This quantity will make twenty.

Fine Fritters. Half a pint of thick cream, four Eggs, a little Brandy, Nutmeg and Sugar, beat well together, and made into a thick batter.

Page Carp stewed ... 12.13 Crabs buttered ... 11 Caveach .... 32 Currants preserved .... 84 ----- Jelly. Wine. 105.80 ----- Shrub .... 112 Curds .. 33 Cream Cheese ... 63 ----- Pancakes ... 57 ----- Lemon. Citron. 73 ----- Pistacho. Almond. 74 ----- clouted; fried. 117. 75 ----- raw; flummery. ^75. 72 --- Snow. Orange. 117.72.73 Custard baked, Almond. 64,66 ---- Pudding, tart. 32. 65 ---- Lemon, Orange. 64. 65 Cheesecakes, Orange. 35..34 ---- Rice. Almond [etc] ... 35 Cheese-curd. Pudding ..36 Carrot Pudding ... 41 Cutlets ... 25. 26

Page Cakes plum ... 50.51 ---- small; ratafia . 54 ---- pound; seed . 53.55 ... Rice; Almond. 52.61 ---- Lemon .. 49..56 ---- drop. .. 51 --- Cheltenham ... 129 Chickens fricasseed ... 2 Cheese cream, potted. 63.19 Cucumbers stewed, pickled. 31.10 ^2 Codlins pickled ... 100 Cherries dried. Cakes. 82.83 --- preserved, paste. 82.89 Citrons preserved ... 113 Cucumbers preserved ... 114 Curry Catchups .131 Catchups ... 133. 134

58 -ter with Flour. The Apples shou'd be golden Pippins, pared, cut thin, diped in the batter, and fried in a large quantity of lard, or rice dripping mixed with it. Rice Pancakes Boil half a pint of Rice in water till like jelly, put to it six Eggs, a quarter of a pound of Butter stirred in while hot, some Sugar, Nutmeg, Salt, and Orange-flower water: make it into little cakes with some Flour to bind it and fry them in Lard etc. Eat them with orange and sugar. Another way to make them is to boil the Rice as above directed, and put to it one pint of cream, the yolks of four Eggs, two spoonfuls of Yest, a little Wine, Sugar, Cinnamon and Salt; when mixed, to be set before the fire to rise, and then fried in Lard etc.