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Of cream & a pd. & 1/2 of butter milted therein mix it together in a ketle over a soft fier stirring it wth. yor. hands till tis very smooth let it be as hott as you can bear it yn. put it in an hoop wth. a paper flowerd at ye. bottome 
The Iceing
Beat & sift a pd. of double refind sugar & put to it ye. whits of 4 eggs put in but one at a tyme beat ym. in a basson wth. a silver spoon till tis very leight & white
A Seed Cake
Take 3 pd. of smooth carraways 6 pd. of flower 1/2 a pd. of sugar anounces of sweet spice & 2 pd. of butter rubbd in very fine yn. make an hole in ye. flower & put in a qt. of yest & 4 eggs well beat 1/2 a pt. of sack a little orange flower water & a pt. of warmd milk mixt together yn. strew a little flower thereon let it lye to rise yn. put it in an hoop strew over it double refind sugar & rough carraways

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Of cream & a pd. & 1/2 of butter milted therein mix it together in a ketle over a soft fier stirring it wth. yor. hands till tis very smooth let it be as hott as you can bear it yn. put it in an hoop wth. a paper flowerd at ye. bottome The Iceing Beat & sift a pd. of double refind sugar & put to it ye. whits of 4 eggs put in but one at a tyme beat ym. in a basson wth. a silver spoon till tis very leight & white A Seed Cake Take 3 pd. of smooth carraways 6 pd. of flower 1/2 a pd. of sugar anounces of sweet spice & 2 pd. of butter rubbd in very fine yn. make an hole in ye. flower & put in a qt. of yest & 4 eggs well beat 1/2 a pt. of sack a little orange flower water & a pt. of warmd milk mixt together yn. strew a little flower thereon let it lye to rise yn. put it in an hoop strew over it double refind sugar & rough carraways