Shrewsbury Cakes Recipe

And here each season do _those cakes_ abide,

Whose honored names the inventive city own,

Rendering through Britain's isle Salopia's praises known.

SHENSTONE.

Sift one pound of sugar, some pounded cinnamon and a nutmeg grated, into

three pounds of flour, the finest sort; add a little rose-water to three

eggs well beaten; mix these with the flour, &c.; then pour into it as

much butter melted as will make it a good thickness to roll out.

Stir it well, and roll thin; cut it into such shapes as you like. Bake

on tins.