| 7A Plumb Cake --- Do:--
Take 6 pounds.. of flower and dry it well and 7 pounds.. of
Currants well dry'd - 3 quarters of a pound. of sugar 1/2
an oz: of Cinnamon, as much cloves, and 4 Nutmegs
mix your currants spice and sugar in your flour Then
take a quart of cream and let it boil, when it has
stood a little put into it a pd. of butter and stir it well
together till it is melted Then take 24 Eggs. but
half the whites, beat your eggs with 3 spoonfulls
of sack and a little salt Then make up your
bowl or flour in your bowl or pan - your eggs on
one side and cream and butter on the other and
stir it all one way with your hands till it is well
mix'd, Then take a little flour, and shake on it
lay a cloth upon it set it by the fire to rise for
a quarter of an hour or better Then put it in
your rim and set it in your oven wch must
be a little hotter than for Manchant bread Let
it stand 2 hours - Then Ice it with double refin'd
sugar and the white of an egg beat it wele together
for half an hour Let it stand a quarter of an
hour in the Oven after it is iced to harden You
must put a quart of Ale yeast to the Eggs.
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| 7A Plumb Cake --- Do:--
Take 6 pounds.. of flower and dry it well and 7 pounds.. of
Currants well dry'd - 3 quarters of a pound. of sugar 1/2
an oz: of Cinnamon, as much cloves, and 4 Nutmegs
mix your currants spice and sugar in your flour Then
take a quart of cream and let it boil, when it has
stood a little put into it a pd. of butter and stir it well
together till it is melted Then take 24 Eggs. but
half the whites, beat your eggs with 3 spoonfulls
of sack and a little salt Then make up your
bowl or flour in your bowl or pan - your eggs on
one side and cream and butter on the other and
stir it all one way with your hands till it is well
mix'd, Then take a little flour, and shake on it
lay a cloth upon it set it by the fire to rise for
a quarter of an hour or better Then put it in
your rim and set it in your oven which must
be a little hotter than for Manchant bread Let
it stand 2 hours - Then Ice it with double refin'd
sugar and the white of an egg beat it well together
for half an hour Let it stand a quarter of an
hour in the Oven after it is iced to harden You
must put a quart of Ale yeast to the Eggs.
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