11. GINGER CAKES WITHOUT BUTTER.

Take one pound of sugar, a quarter of a pound of ginger, a pint of

water, two pounds of flour, and eight caps of orange peel. Pound and

sift the ginger, and add a pint of water; boil it five minutes, then

let it stand till cold. Pound the preserved orange-peel, and pass it

through a hair sieve; put the flour on a pasteboard, make a wall, and

put in the orange peel and ginger with the boiled water; mix this up

to a paste and roll it out; prick the cakes before baking them.