SC - Fw: Eggplant- recipe, OOP, I think.....

[Alderton, Philippa]

Seed Cake

Melt 2 lbs of butter and let it stand 24 hours and then rub
in 4 lbs of fine dried flour.  Mix in 8 eggs, (wip the
whites to sno') and pt of ale yeast and 1 pt of sack. (any
white wine). Mix all together lightly and put in 2 lbs
Carraway comfits.  Put into buttered Hoops and bake 2 hours
and a half.  You may mix in 1/2 oz of cloves and cinnamon if
you like.


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Anyone know what melting the butter and letting it stand
will do?  And does anyone have a recipe for carraway
comfits?

- -Magdalena