One pound of butter.
One pound of currants.
One pound of sugar. Three eggs.
A teaspoonful each, of rose water, and essence of lemon, and a gill of brandy.
Rub the butter and sugar to a cream. Beat the eggs, and add them. Then put in the other articles. Strew tin sheets with flour and powdered sugar, and then drop on in small cakes. Bake in a quick oven.
Dr. B.’s Loaf Cake.
Two pounds of dried and sifted flour.
A pint of new milk, blood warm.
A quarter of a pound of butter.
Three quarters of a pound of sugar.