Take 4 pound of fine flour warm it in an earthen pan by the fire then
break in a pound of fresh butter and a pound of sugar mixing both
very well into y^r dryed flour then take 10 eggs put in but 3 of the
whites and beat them very well then put to your eggs when well beaten
3 spoonfulls of rosewater and a quarter of a pint of sack a quart of
good ale yest more yest if not very good a pint of cream boyled and
cooled again some salt a nutmeg grated and some cloves & mace beaten
also small mixing all very well together and warm it milk warm & so
pour it to your flour very well covering it up warm for a quarter of an
hour then put in a pound of raisons of the Sun stoned and cut small 3
pound of currants clean washt rubbed and dryed all which mixt very well
together and put it into a paper hoop and set it in a oven as hot as
for small bread and let it stand one hour and a quarter which will be
long enough.