1798 - American Cookery

Shrewsbury Cake

DDV CULINARY

One pound butter,
three quarters of a pound sugar,
a little mace,
four eggs mixed and beat with your hand, till very light,
put the composition to one pound flour,
roll into small cakes--
bake with a light oven.

N.B.
In all cakes where spices are named, it is supposed that they be pounded fine and sifted; sugar must be dryed and rolled fine; flour, dryed in an oven; eggs well beat or whipped into a raging foam.