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Maids of Honour

Delicious cheesecakes so called are to be had in perfection at Richmond-on-Thames. We think the following recipe genuine. Beat two eggs, and mix them with a quart of new milk; add the eggs and milk to a quart of boiling water in a saucepan; pour in lemon-juice, and remove the curd, as it rises, to a sieve to drain; mix the curd with the yolks of four eggs, previously well beaten, a large cupful of clotted cream, the rind of a lemon, rubbed off on sugar, a little pounded cinnamon, a quarter of a nutmeg, grated, six ounces of currants, well washed and dried, and a glass of brandy. Mix well, and bake in patty-pans, buttered and lined with a light French puff-paste. Time, about twenty minutes to bake. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. Sufficient for twenty-four cheesecakes.