Shrewsbury Cake 1796
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Shrewsbury cakes
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1796
Cakes, Breads etc (Shrewsbury cake)
Butter
Sugar
Mace
Eggs
Flour
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Instructions
| One pound butter, three quarters of a pound sugar, a little mace, four
eggs mixed and beat with your hand, till very light, put the composition to one pound flour, roll into small cakes--bake with a light oven. |
| Note:
N.B. In all cases where spices are named, it is supposed that they be pounded fine and sifted; sugar must be dryed and rolled fine; flour, dryed in an oven; eggs well beat or whipped into a raging foam. |
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