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To make a two pound Cake - Take a Pound of Butter wrought like wasc two pound of Sugar finely sifted beat them very well then take six Eggs but only four of the Yolks beat them very well with a little Brandy and a little rose water and a little Nutmeg an Orange - peel, boiled to take off the bitterness but not soft, mix it with your Eggs, then take two pound of Currants dried and well cleaned put them in and beat them with your hands then take a Rolling -pin and stir in two pound of fine Flour well dried, - when you have beat it enough - butter your Tin and Bake it - for the Icing - which you must have ready when the Cake is Baked - take 4 whites of Eggs, a little rose Water, and double refined Sugar keep beating it till you lay it on -
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To make a two pound Cake - Take a Pound of Butter wrought like wasc two pound of Sugar finely sifted beat them very well then take six Eggs but only four of the Yolks beat them very well with a little Brandy and a little rose water and a little Nutmeg an Orange - peel, boiled to take off the bitterness but not soft, mix it with your Eggs, then take two pound of Currants dried and well cleaned put them in and beat them with your hands then take a Rolling -pin and stir in two pound of fine Flour well dried, - when you have beat it enough - butter your Tin and Bake it - for the Icing - which you must have ready when the Cake is Baked - take 4 whites of Eggs, a little rose Water, and double refined Sugar keep beating it till you lay it on -
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