| 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