Ingredients For A Great Cake

Ingredients

1 lb butter
1 lb flour
5/8 lb sugar
1 3/8 lb currants
1/8 worth perfume
2 oranges
1/4 canary
1/8 pt rosewater
8 5/8 eggs
1/2 ye whites
1/4 citron

Instructions

No instructions were given. Taken from FRANTIC MOTHER COOKBOOK--a 1763 English recipe from a Cornish cookbook.