Excerpt from 365 Cakes and Cookies: A Cake or Cooky for Every Day in the Year, Selected From Marion Harland, Mrs. Lincoln, Good Housekeeping, Table Talk, and Others Take I lb. Of brown sugar, 2 cupfuls of molasses, 6 eggs, and I heaping cupful of butter. Stir these together, then add gradually I oz. Of cinnamon, I oz. Of cloves, I nutmeg grated, I teaspoonful of mace, I wineglassful of wine, I of brandy, I of rose - water, 3 lbs. Of seeded and chopped raisins, 3 lbs. Of cleaned currants, lb. Of citron shaved thin, I lb. Of dates (stoned and chopped fine), 2% teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and flour enough to make a stiff batter. Bake in a slow oven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.