Fruit-cake ( Miss Abbie Carpenter, of Saratoga ).
Ingredients: One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, one and one-eighth pound of butter, one-half pound of candied citron, four pounds of currants, four pounds of raisins (stoned and chopped), nine eggs, one table-spoonful each of ground cloves, of cinnamon, of mace, and of nutmeg, and three gills of brandy.
This cake is perhaps not too large, as it will keep for years.