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Recipes from American Cookery
 by Amelia Simmons (1796)

CAKES

A light Cake to bake in small cups

Half a pound sugar, half a pound butter, rubbed into two pound flour, one glass wine, one do. rosewater, two do. emptins, a nutmeg, cinnamon and currants.

 

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