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and add to it, beat up the Egg and Sugar together taking care to have the above well mixed then dissolve 1/4 oz Carbonate of Soda in a table spoonful of boiling water, stir all together and send to the oven immediately. 3/4 of an hour will bake it, must be put into a Tin with sides, and when baked cut into squares or any shape you please. little lemon juice added gives nice flavour, very stale Beer will do instead of water, donot send it to a very hot oven, but sufficiently hot to bake it nicely, a Tea spoonful Carbonate of Soda Mrs. Garrards receipt.
A good Pound Cake.
Beat 1 lb of Butter to a Cream well mix with it the whites and yolks of 8 Eggs, beaten a part, have ready warm by the Fire 1 lb of Flour, and the same of sifted sugar, mix then and a few Cloves, a little nutmeg and Cinnamon in fine powder together then by degrees work the dry ingredients into the Butter and Eggs. When it well beaten add a Glass of wine and some Carraways. It must be beaten a full hour. butter

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and add to it, beat up the Egg and Sugar together taking care to have the above well mixed then dissolve 1/4 oz Carbonate of Soda in a table spoonful of boiling water, stir all together and send to the oven immediately. 3/4 of an hour will bake it, must be put into a Tin with sides, and when baked cut into squares or any shape you please. little lemon juice added gives nice flavour, very stale Beer will do instead of water, donot send it to a very hot oven, but sufficiently hot to bake it nicely, a Tea spoonful Carbonate of Soda Mrs. Garrards receipt. A good Pound Cake. Beat 1 lb of Butter to a Cream well mix with it the whites and yolks of 8 Eggs, beaten a part, have ready warm by the Fire 1 lb of Flour, and the same of sifted sugar, mix then and a few Cloves, a little nutmeg and Cinnamon in fine powder together then by degrees work the dry ingredients into the Butter and Eggs. When it well beaten add a Glass of wine and some Carraways. It must be beaten a full hour. butter