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Seed Cake, Family, Made from Dough

No. 1.--Take a quartern of dough left from making bread. Set it in a basin, covered with a cloth, before the fire to rise. Beat half a pound of butter or dripping to cream; work this into the dough, and add three-quarters of a pound of moist sugar, an ounce of caraway-seeds, and a well-beaten egg. Knead the dough well; put it into one large or two moderate-sized buttered baking-tins, let it stand before the fire to rise, and bake in a well-heated oven. Time, about two hours for one cake. Probable cost, if made with dripping, about 4d. per pound. No. 2.--Take a quartern of dough. Spread it out on a pastry-board, and slice half a pound of lard, butter, or dripping over it. Sprinkle on it a heaped tea-spoonful of baking-powder, add eight ounces of moist sugar, two ounces of caraway-seeds, and two ounces of finely-shredded candied peel. Knead the dough till the ingredients are thoroughly blended. Set it before the fire to rise for a short time, put it into greased tins, and bake in a well-heated oven. Time to bake, one to two hours, according to the size of the cakes. No. 3.--Take a quartern of dough. Spread it on a floured pastry-board, slice half a pound of fresh butter upon it, and work this in, together with a tea-spoonful of salt, half an ounce of caraway-seeds, half a pound of good moist sugar, and six eggs put in singly. When the ingredients are thoroughly blended, put the dough into two or more well-buttered tins, and place them before the fire for a short time. When the dough is light, put the cakes in a well-heated oven, and bake until they are done enough. No. 4.-Put two pounds of flour into a bowl, and mix with it half a tea-spoonful of salt, eight ounces of powdered sugar, two table-spoonfuls of caraway-seeds, and a quarter of a pint of fresh yeast. Knead the dough thoroughly, and work into it half a pound of butter which has been dissolved in half a pint of milk. Throw a cloth over the bowl, and set it in a warm place to rise. Put it into a buttered mould, and bake in a well-heated oven. Spices may be added to these cakes, if liked. Time to bake, about one hour.