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“ All kinds of cake that are made without yeast 5 are better for being stirred till just before they are baked. When ready to mix, stir the butter to a cream, then add the sugar, and stir till white; next beat the yolks of the eggs, strain them and add them to the sugar and butter; meantime another person should beat the whites to a stiff froth and put them in; then add the spices and flour, and last of all the fruit, if any be used. Earthenware is best to mix in, and a wooden spoon should be used. Butter the cake pans well ”

“ Take one and a half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of flour, the whites of ten eggs, and one teaspoonful of cream-tartar. Beat the eggs to a froth and stir the sugar with them; put the cream-tartar in the flour, and then stir the flour with the paste lightly and quickly. Do not stir the cake after the flour is fairly in. Bake in a quick oven. ”