CAKES
A Rich Cake
Rub 2 pound of butter into 5 pound of flour, add 8 eggs (not much beaten) 1 pint of emptins, 1 pint of wine, kneeded up stiff like biscuit, cover well and put by and let rise over night.
To 2 and a half pound raisins, add 1 gill brandy, to soak over night, or if new half an hour in the morning, add them with 1 gill rose-water and 2 and half pound of loaf sugar, 1 ounce cinnamon, work well and bake as a loaf cake, No. 1
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