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Banbury Cakes

These rich, well-known cakes are prepared from a mince called Banbury meat, made with the following ingredients: half a pound of butter beaten to a cream, half a pound of lemon and orange-peel cut up fine, one pound of currants, half an ounce of cinnamon, two and a half ounces of allspice. Mix all thoroughly, and keep it in a covered jar for use. The paste for these buns should be tolerably rich, rolled out thin, and cut into rounds or squares. To a layer of the mince, put on one round, cover over with another. Flatten with the hand, and moisten the edges with white of egg to make them adhere. Before putting into the oven brush the cakes over with the froth of eggs and sugar. They will take fifteen minutes to bake, and may be eaten hot or cold.