Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper / Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three

by Maria Parloa

1/2 pint of sugar.

1 gill of cold water.

1 scant gill of butter.

2 small eggs.

3 gills of flour.

1/2 teaspoonful of soda.

1/2 pint of citron, currants, and raisins, in equal parts;

the raisins to be stoned and chopped.

1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon.

1/2 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg.