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Albany Cake.  1 1/2 lb. of flour, 1 lb. brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1/2 lb. butter, a little bit of lard, two nutmegs, cinnamon to taste small spoon of Salaratus dissolved in milk; When rolled out, sift white sugar over, & cut them out for baking.  They are rather soft when rolled out.  The above made about 54 common sized sugar cakes.  Pic-Nic Biscuits.  (Taken from "Inquire Within".)  Take 2 ounces of fresh butter, & well work it with a pound of flour.  Mix thoroughly with it half a salt-spoonful of pure carbonate of soda; 2 ounces of sugar; mingle thoroughly with the flour; make up the paste with spoonfuls of milk; it will require scarcely a quarter of a pint.  Knead smooth, roll a quarter of an inch thick, cut in rounds about the size of the top of a small wineglass; roll these out thin, prick them well, lay them on lightly-floured tins, & bake in a gentle oven until crisp.  When cold put into dry canisters.  Thin cream used instead of milk in the paste, will enrich the biscuits.  Caraway seeds or ginger can be added, so vary these at pleasure.   Cottage Potato Pudding or Cake.  Peel, boil, & mash, a couple of pounds of potatoes: beat them up into a smooth batter, with about 3/4 of a pint of milk, 2 ounces of moist sugar, & 2 or 3 beaten eggs.  Bake it 3/4 of an hour.  3 ounces of currants or raisins may be added.  Leave out the milk & add 3 ounces of butter, -- it will make a very nice cake.  1.00  63 = .37  .40 .23 = .63  40 23  63

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Albany Cake. 1 1/2 lb. of flour, 1 lb. brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1/2 lb. butter, a little bit of lard, two nutmegs, cinnamon to taste small spoon of Salaratus dissolved in milk; When rolled out, sift white sugar over, & cut them out for baking. They are rather soft when rolled out. The above made about 54 common sized sugar cakes. Pic-Nic Biscuits. (Taken from "Inquire Within".) Take 2 ounces of fresh butter, & well work it with a pound of flour. Mix thoroughly with it half a salt-spoonful of pure carbonate of soda; 2 ounces of sugar; mingle thoroughly with the flour; make up the paste with spoonfuls of milk; it will require scarcely a quarter of a pint. Knead smooth, roll a quarter of an inch thick, cut in rounds about the size of the top of a small wineglass; roll these out thin, prick them well, lay them on lightly-floured tins, & bake in a gentle oven until crisp. When cold put into dry canisters. Thin cream used instead of milk in the paste, will enrich the biscuits. Caraway seeds or ginger can be added, so vary these at pleasure. Cottage Potato Pudding or Cake. Peel, boil, & mash, a couple of pounds of potatoes: beat them up into a smooth batter, with about 3/4 of a pint of milk, 2 ounces of moist sugar, & 2 or 3 beaten eggs. Bake it 3/4 of an hour. 3 ounces of currants or raisins may be added. Leave out the milk & add 3 ounces of butter, -- it will make a very nice cake. 1.00 63 = .37 .40 .23 = .63 40 23 63