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Recipe To make Small Cakes and Plum Cake

head of Garlick, shred a quarter of one
ounce of mace, two nutmegs- 1 oz of
black pepper ¼ oz of Jamaica pepper 1
dozen long pepper ¼ oz of Chian pepper-
about 40 Cloves, ¼ pound of Anchovies as
they are taken from the pickle boil
it slow to half the quantity- skim it
very clean & put it boiling upon the
peel of 4 Seville Oranges, if they are
not to be had put the peel of four
lemons, let it stand 3 weeks or
a month ┌covere’d┐ very close before you bottle it-

To make Small Cakes
Take half a pound of flour,
½ lb of fresh butter rubbe‘d in the flour,
five eggs
half a spoonfull of orange flower water
a little white wine
half a pound of fine sugar
a quarter of a pound of Currant-

A Plumb Cake
One lb of Butter beat to a cream- 1 lb
& ½ of flour- 1 ½ lb of currants well
cleane‘d- twelve eggs beaten to a froth
1 lb loaf sugar 2 oz Citron- 2 oz of candied
oranges 2 oz of lemons 2 oz Jordan Almonds
a wine glass of Brandy beaten altogether

Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

Gillespie Family

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head of Garlick, shred a quarter of one ounce of mace, two nutmegs- 1 oz black pepper ¼ oz of Jamaica pepper 1 doz long pepper ¼ oz of Chian pepper- about 40 Cloves, ¼ pound of Anchovies as they are taken from the pickle boil it slow to half the quantity- skim it very clean & put it boiling upon the peel of 4 Seville Oranges, if they are not to be had put the peel of 4 lemons, let it stand 3 weeks or a month  cover’d very close before you bottle it-

Take half a pound of flour, ½ lb of fresh butter rubb‘d in the flour, five eggs half a spoonfull of  orange flower water a little white wine half a pound of fine sugar a quarter of a pound of Currant-

One lb of Butter beat to a cream- 1 lb & ½ of flour- 1 ½ lb of currants well clean‘d- twelve eggs beaten to a froth 1 lb loaf sugar 2 oz Citron- 2 oz of candied
oranges 2 oz of lemons 2 oz Jordan Almonds a wine glass of Brandy beaten altogether

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