Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss Leslie by Eliza Leslie
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alternately with the flour. Add the ginger and other spice, and
stir the whole very hard. Butter small tins, nearly fill them with the mixture, and bake the cakes in a moderate oven. LOAF CAKE. Two pounds of sifted flour, setting aside half a pound to sprinkle in at the last. One pound of fresh butter. One pound of powdered sugar. Four eggs. One pound of raisins, stoned, and cut in half. One pound of currants, washed and dried. Half a pint of milk. Half a glass of wine. Half a glass of brandy. A tablespoon of mixed spice, mace, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Half a pint of the best brewer's yeast; or more, if the yeast is not very strong. Cut up the butter in the milk, and warm it till the butter is quite soft; then stir it together, and set it away to cool. It must not be made too warm. After you have beaten the eggs, mix them with the butter and milk, and stir the whole into the pan of flour. Add the spice and liquor, and stir in the sugar gradually. Having poured off the thin part from the top, stir the yeast, and |
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