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To Make Mrs Bennits Cake

Take a p[oun]d & a half of flower 4 ounces of sugar & one
penyworth of cloves & more or little salt & if you
please a little musk mix these together take one
p[oun]d of sweet butter and one pint of y[ou]r thickest cr[e]am &
& set them over y[ou]r fire until y[ou]r butter go luke warm
keeping them stiring y[ou]r yolks of 8 eggs beaten with rose
water & sta[i]n them into 3 quarter of a pint of [ale?]
yeast which being done put the cr[e]ame & butter thereto
but be carefull it be best only luke warm for fear of
scorting y[ou]r yeast & so mixed pour them into y[ou]r flower
then set it by y[ou]r fire that it may rise then put thereto
3 p[oun]d & a half of corrane [currants?] being washed & dried & set upon
co[a]los to be warm the mingle altogether & pour it upon
3 sheets of paper laid one upon another your oven being
as hot as for manshet & let it stand a full hour in y[ou]r oven
& if you please is it over with rose water & fine sugar &
put it in y[ou]r oven to dry

to make y[ou]r Lady Harves lite cake

Take 2 p[oun]d of flower & dry it very well put to it a p[oun]d &
half of curran[t]s a p[oun]d of loaf sugar scrood very fine 2 p[oun]d of
butter 6 eggs with 2 of y[ou]r whights put in 2 spoonfuls
of vinegar into your eggs whisk it up to a froth & put
in a nutmeg a little sinnamont[cinnamon] & mace you must plaits
or pans re[a]dy butter[e]d a spoonfull & enough for one you butter
& flower must be rubbed together

To make Clear Cakes of Gooseberrys

Take your goossberrys & cut off y[ou]r tops & stalks & put into as
much water as you would have liquor & sit it on a quick
fire to boil as you do your jelly for pipens make it very
strong of y[ou]r goosberrys then strain it off through a flannell
then have some double refined sugar & nett it in water
set it boil to a candy to every p[oun]d of sugar you must put
to a pint of your gooseberry liquor when you sugar is
boil[e]d to a candy stiring it well on y[ou]r fire till your