a nutmeg--dissolve
a tea-spoonful of saleratus in a tea-cup of milk or water, strain it on
to the cake, then add flour till stiff enough to roll out easily. If you
cannot roll out the cake without its sticking to the board and
rolling-pin, (which should be previously floured,) work in more flour,
stamp and cut it into cakes--bake them in a moderately warm oven.

179. _Plain Tea Cakes._

Mix thoroughly a tea-cup and a half of sugar, half a tea-cup of butter,
stir in a little flour, and half a nutmeg. Dissolve a tea-spoonful of
saleratus in a tea-cup of milk, strain and mix it with the cake--add
flour till stiff enough to roll out--roll it out half an inch thick, cut
it into cakes, bake them on flat buttered tins, in a quick oven. If
baked slow, they will not be good.

180. _New Year's Cookies._

Weigh out a pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter--stir
them to a cream, then add three beaten eggs, a grated nutmeg, two
table-spoonsful of caraway seed, and a pint of flour. Dissolve a
tea-spoonful of saleratus in a tea-cup of milk, strain and mix it with
half a tea-cup of cider, and stir it into the cookies--then add flour to
make them sufficiently stiff to roll out. Bake them as soon as cut into
cakes, in a quick oven, till a light brown.

181. _Shrewsbury Cake._

Stir together three-quarters of a pound of sugar, half a pound of
butter. When white, add five beaten eggs, a tea-spoonful of rosewater,
or a nutmeg, and a pound of flour. Drop it with a large spoon on to flat
tins that have been buttered--sift sugar over them.

182. _Tunbridge Cake._

Six ounces of butter, the same quantity of sugar, three-quarters of a
pound of flour, a couple of eggs, and a tea-spoonful of rosewater. Stir
to a cream the butter and sugar, then add the eggs, flour, and spice.
Roll it out thin, and cut it into small cakes.

183. _Jumbles._

Stir together, till of a light color, a pound of sugar, and half the
weight of butter--then add eight eggs, beaten to a froth, essence of
lemon, or rosewater, to the taste, and flour to make them sufficiently
stiff to roll out. Roll them out in powdered sugar, about half an inch
thick, cut it into strips about half an inch wide, and four inches long,
join the ends together, so as to form rings--lay them on flat tins that
have been buttered--bake them in a quick oven.

184. _Composition Cake._

Five tea-cups of flour, three of sugar, two of butter, five eggs, a
tea-spoonfu