This section is from the book "Westminster Cook-Book", by Anonymous. Also available from Amazon: Westminster Cook-Book.
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, whites of seven eggs, and one cup of milk.
Ten eggs, three-quarters pound sifted flour, one pound white sugar, juice and rind of one lemon. Separate the eggs, beat the yolks very light, then add the sugar, then the whites, and finally stir in the flour gently. Bake in eight layers.
One cup butter, two cups sugar, one teacup milk, five eggs, one teaspoon soda dissolved in boiling water, one teaspoon of nutmeg, sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll out, cut into shapes, and sift sugar over them before they go into the oven.
One pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of butter, the same of sugar, two eggs beaten very light, a little nutmeg and cinnamon, one tablespoonful of rose-water.
 
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