Take two pounds of treacle, and set it over the fire, with three quarters of a pound of fine sugar; when it hot, for it is must not boil, melt in three quarters of a pound of butter, and add some candied lemon and orange peel cut fine: mix this with three quarts of fine flour, two ounces of beaten ginger, a quarter of an ounce of mace, cloves, and nutmeg, beaten together; when they are all united, make the paste into a cake, and set it in a quick oven to bake for an hour.

How To Make Ginger-Bread-Nuts, Or Cakes

Take a pound of treacle, with a quarter of a pint of cream, and warm them together over the fire; to these add three pounds of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of sugar, two ounces of ginger beaten fine, and a large nutmeg grated; work all into a stiff paste, and if there is not flour enough, add more. Some add candied lemon and orange peel cut fine. Make them round like nuts, or roll it out thin, and cut it in cakes with a China-cup; lay them on thin plates, and bake them in a (lack oven.