152.—Madeira Cakes.
1¾ lb. of butter, 2 lbs. of sugar, 2 lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of patent flour, 24 eggs. Proceed as before directed. This mixing makes eight cakes, selling at a shilling each. Put two thin slices of citron on each. Bake in a cool oven. Note.—Patent flour is made with 8 lbs. of flour, 4 ozs. cream of tartar, 2 ozs. carbonate of soda, and sifted three times.
153.—Plum Cake. (As made for best shops in Edinburgh.)
3 lbs. of butter, 3 lbs. of sugar, 4½ lbs. of flour, 40 eggs, 8 or 10 lbs. of currants, 2 lbs. of peel, a few drops of essence of lemon. Cream and finish as before directed.