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6 Gooseberry Cakes
Take a pound of rough red gooseberries, full grown but not quite ripe, cut them in halves, & pick out all the seeds. Have ready a pint of Currant Juice, boil the Gooseberries in it till tender. Put a pound of refined sugar into your pan, with as much water as will dissolve it, & boil it down to Sugar again, then put all together, & make it scalding hot, but do not allow it to boil. Put it into plates or glasses, of what thickness you like, & dry in a stove, or the Sun.
Raspberry Cakes
Take 3/4 of a pound of Raspberries bruised, and a 1/4 pint of Currant Juice, & boil them together a quarter of an hour. Have ready a pound of lump Sugar, pounded, sifted & made warm before the fire, put it to the Raspberries, & keep them over the fire till the Sugar is melted, but be careful not to let it boil. When the Sugar is quite dissolved, pour out upon earthen plates, of such thickness as you like, and set them in the Sun to dry. When dried on one side, cut it into Squares, or other shapes, & turn them to dry on the other. N.B. The Gooseberry Cakes by be cut & dried in the same manner.

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6 Gooseberry Cakes Take a pound of rough red gooseberries, full grown but not quite ripe, cut them in halves, & pick out all the seeds. Have ready a pint of Currant Juice, boil the Gooseberries in it till tender. Put a pound of refined sugar into your pan, with as much water as will dissolve it, & boil it down to Sugar again, then put all together, & make it scalding hot, but do not allow it to boil. Put it into plates or glasses, of what thickness you like, & dry in a stove, or the Sun. Raspberry Cakes Take 3/4 of a pound of Raspberries bruised, and a 1/4 pint of Currant Juice, & boil them together a quarter of an hour. Have ready a pound of lump Sugar, pounded, sifted & made warm before the fire, put it to the Raspberries, & keep them over the fire till the Sugar is melted, but be careful not to let it boil. When the Sugar is quite dissolved, pour out upon earthen plates, of such thickness as you like, and set them in the Sun to dry. When dried on one side, cut it into Squares, or other shapes, & turn them to dry on the other. N.B. The Gooseberry Cakes by be cut & dried in the same manner.