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French Cakes

Five cups of flour, two cups of sugar, half a cup of butter, one cup of milk, one wineglass of wine, three eggs, spice to taste, one teaspoon of soda; rub the butter and sugar together, then add the milk; part of the flour, soda in the wine next; then the rest of the flour, and eggs beaten separately, the whites last; bake in square tins

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