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Manx Cakes

Rub the zest of a large lemon on sufficient sugar-loaf sugar-to obtain all, weigh this, and add more, enough to make 8 ounces. Pound it, add 8 ounces rice flour, beat 8 eggs very light, dissolve the sugar in these, adding the flour slowly. Stir all, and bake in buttered tins about 1/2 hour. HONEY CAKES. (Basle, Switzerland.) Melt 2 ounces butter, add 1/2 pound of honey, stirring well, take off the fire, and let it cool. Add the minced rind of a lemon, 2 ounces sweet almonds, chopped fine, a little nutmeg, 1/2 ounce carbonate of soda, dissolved in a little water. Mix these well, and set in a cold place 12 hours. Roll out 1/2 inch thick, cut into squares, decorate with nuts and chopped citron, then bake 25 minutes in hot oven. This recipe makes 1 dozen.