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White Cake

Mrs. George Virtue.

Beat one-half pound fresh butter to a cream, equal weight sifted sugar and dried sugar, the yolks and whites of eight eggs separately whisked, two ounces candied orange peel, one-half teaspoonful of mace, a glass of brandy, one pound flour stirred in by degrees, one and one-quarter pounds of currants, four ounces of powdered almonds; bake two hours.