Plumb Cake

Plumb Cake

Take 3lbs of Flour, 1 ½ lbs of 
Butter, 1¾ lb of Sugar, 1¾ lb
of Currants, 9 Eggs, ½ Pint of
Wine, ¼ of an Ounce of Mace,
¼ of an Ounce of Cinnamon, 
¼ of an Ounce of Cloves, ¾ of a
Pint of yeast, ½ a gill of Rose-
Water. The Eggs, Yeast & Flour
to be put together over Night
to rise. The Butter & Sugar to
be beaten together to a Froth.
        It takes three Hours to bake
in a quick Oven. And the whole
must be mixed together when
the Fire is put into the Oven.