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(Isle of Jersey.) Beat 1/4 pound of melted butter and 1/4 pound of sugar to a cream. Add 3 beaten eggs, 1 pound of flour, and a little nutmeg. Knead well and set to rise. Cut into large rings, twist these, and fry in boiling fat. Dust with sugar. Real wonder cakes are cut in rounds, then two slits are cut across the centre, and these pieces are twisted without breaking. LOVE CAKES. (Germany. Eaten at Moravian love feasts.) Boil 2 cupfuls of honey and 1 ounce of sugar. Add 4 ounces of chopped almonds and simmer 5 minutes longer, then add 8 ounces of chopped candied peel, 1/2 a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, 1/2 a nutmeg, grated, a pinch of cloves, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, rind of a lemon, grated, and a tablespoonful of rum or sherry. Cut into pieces, 4 x 2 inches large, after adding enough flour to stiffen and rolling it very thin. Bake these in a slow oven, ice with sugar, and eat cold. In Germany they are served with wine to drink, and a bowl of stewed dried apples.