— Bath Cakes

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Source: The household book of practical receipts, in the arts, manufactures, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy ... by Reynolds, Susannah Frances; Hall, William E; University of Leeds. Library (1847), paragraph-2317.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Mix well together, a quarter of a pound of butter, half a pound of flour, two large eggs, and a tablespoonful of yeast ; set the mixture before the fire to rise, and when this has been effected, add two ounces of finely-powdered sugar, and half an ounce of carraways
• To disperse them, take one ounce of lemon juice, a quarter of a drachm of powdered borax, and half a drachm of sugar ; mix them, and let them stand a few days in a glass bottle till the liquor is fit for use ; then rub it on the hands and face occasionally

Method as extracted

1. Mix well together, a quarter of a pound of butter, half a pound of flour, two large eggs, and a tablespoonful of yeast ; set the mixture before the fire to rise, and when this has been effected, add two ounces of finely-powdered sugar, and half an ounce of carraways.
2. Rub the medal with a solution of livers of sulphur, or sulphuret of potassium, then dry. — This produces the appearance of antique bronze very exactly.

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