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Rich Plum Cake.
Seven pounds of floour, six dozen eggs, six pounds of
butter, six pounds of sugar, six pounds of currants,
half a pint of brandy, one pint of rose water, one oz:
of nutmegs, cinnamon & cloves your taste--

Frosting for Cake.
Take the whites of eight eggs, two pounds of loaf sugar
half an oz. of white starch, & half an oz. of [sum?] [wake?],
beat this well until it looks white and thick, spread
this over the cake, and dry in a cool oven or in the sun--

Loaf Cake.
Four pounds & a half of flour, two pounds of sugar, one
pound of butter, six eggs, one pint of yeast, one pint of
milk, two tea spoonfull of pearl ash: Rub the butter
and sugar together, then add the yeast, then the milk,
then add the eggs well beaten, sift in your flour, and
the last thing, add your pearl ash dissolved in a
milk: cinnamon is an improvement. Let the
cake rise-it requires a great deal of beating--

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