Ingredients For a Great Cake
--------------------------------LISA CRAWLEY-------------------------------- 1 lb Butter; brought to a cream 1 lb Flour 5/8 lb White Sugar 1 1/3 lb Currants 1/16 Worth Perfume Peel of 2 Oranges 3/16 pt Canary 1/8 pt Rosewater 8 2/3 Eggs; half ye whites 3/16 lb Citron No instructions were given. Taken from FRANTIC MOTHER COOKBOOK--a 1763 English recipe from a Cornish cookbook. |