lights with your hand and Cover it with a warm Linnen | ||||
Cloth and Sett it to the Fire to Rise for half an Hour | ||||
and then have One pound of Candyed Citern*, a pound and | ||||
& Lemon | ||||
a half of Orange ⁁ Peele Shred all this as Small as dice | ||||
and when the Cake hath laid half an Hour before the Fire | ||||
work in the Sweet Meats. Butter the Hoop & take Three | ||||
Sheets of Strong whitish papers together and Butter the | ||||
uppermost and put in the Cake and put it into the Oven | ||||
the Oven must be a Good Soaking* Oven but not too | ||||
Soaking This Cake will Ask Three hours Baking | ||||
Scuthoneal* } For a Cold | ||||
a Soare Throat Snake root* } or Feaver | ||||
Brandy } | ||||
Mustard } Mixed to take every Morning | ||||
Vinegar } before you go out | ||||
& Honey } to Gargle for Throats | ||||
Plumb Cake. 17. April. 1755 Bitters for Cold | ||||
Currans 7lb {Snake Root 1 | ||||
Ston’d raisons 1 ½ lb {Scuthoneal 1 | ||||
Flour 6lb {the Rind of Civile Orange* 4 | ||||
Butter 4lb {Saffron 1 | ||||
Eggs – 24 {put up in Brandy | ||||
Powderd Sugar. 3lb {for to take in a | ||||
Cloves ¼ oz {Cold morning | ||||
Nutmeggs – 1 oz {or in White Port Wine | ||||
Lemon & Orange Peale 1lb {to take in the Fore & | ||||
Cinnomon Water One Pint {afternoon | ||||
(Some Good Strong Yest) | ||||
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Transcribed by KS and GB