. The scenery of the North of Devon, and of
both coasts of Cornwall, is especially beautiful. North Wales offers a
delightful excursion; the lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland; the
lakes of Killarney, in Ireland; also the magnificent scenery of the
Scottish lakes and mountains. To those who wish for a wider range,
France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Rhine offer charms which cannot
be surpassed.

1954. Wedding Cakes.

Four pounds of fine flour, well dried; four pounds of fresh butter;
two pounds of loaf sugar; a quarter of a pound of mace, pounded and
sifted fine; the same of nutmegs. To every pound of flour add eight
eggs; wash four pounds of currants, let them be well picked and dried
before the fire; blanch a pound of sweet almonds, and cut them
lengthwise very thin; a pound of citron; one pound of candied orange;
the same of candied lemon; half a pint of brandy. When these are made
ready, work the butter with your hand to a cream; then beat in the
sugar a quarter of an hour; beat the whites of the eggs to a very
strong froth; mix them with the sugar and butter; beat the yolks half
an hour at least, and mix them with the cake; then put in the flour,
mace, and nutmeg, keep beating it well till your oven is ready--pour
in the brandy, and beat the currants and almonds lightly in. Tie three
sheets of white paper round the bottom of your hoop to keep it from
running out; rub it well with butter, put in your cake; lay the
sweetmeats in layers; with cake between each layer; and after it is
risen and coloured cover it with paper before your oven is stopped up.
It will require three hours to bake properly.

[MORNING FOR WORK, EVENING FOR CONTEMPLATION.]

1955. Almond Icing for Wedding Cake.

Beat the whites of three eggs to a strong froth, pulp a pound of
Jordan almonds very fine with rose water, mix them, with the eggs,
lightly together; put in by degrees a pound of common loaf sugar in
powder. When the cake is baked enough, take it out, and lay on the
icing; then put it in to brown.

1956. Sugar Icing for Wedding Cake.

Beat two pounds of double refined sugar with two ounces of fine
starch, sift the whole through a gauze sieve, then beat the whites of
five eggs with a knife upon a pewter dish for half an hour; beat in
the sugar a little at a time, or it will make the eggs fall, and
injure the colour; when all