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Scrap Cakes

Take the scraps which remain after melting down a pound of leaf or flead. Put these into a bowl, slice them, and rub them into three-quarters of a pound of flour. Add a pinch of salt, four ounces of picked and dried currants, two table-spoonfuls of moist sugar, half an ounce of candied peel finely minced, and a little grated nutmeg. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, and moisten them with as much cold water as will make a light paste. Roll this out, stamp it into round cakes, and bake these in a quick oven. A spoonful of baking-powder may be added or not. Time to bake, about twenty minutes. Cost, exclusive of the scraps, 6d.