Another Way Recipe

Take one pound of fine flour, dry it well by the fire, sift it, and rub

into it a pound of butter, the yolks of four eggs, the whites of two,

both beaten light, three spoonfuls of cream, and the like quantity of

white wine and ale yest. Let this sponge stand by the fire to rise; then

beat it up extremely well and light with your hand; grate in a nutmeg;

continue beating till it is ready for the oven; then add a pound of

rough caraway seeds, keeping a few out to strew on the top of the cakes

before they are put into the oven.

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