To Make Goosberry Clear-cakes Recipe

Take a Gallon of white Goosberries, nose and wash them; put to them

as much Water as will cover them almost all over, set them on an hot

Fire, let them boil a Quarter of an Hour, or more, then run it thro'

a Flannel Jelly-Bag; to a Pint of Jelly have ready a Pound and half

of fine Sugar, sifted thro' an Hair Sieve; set the Jelly over the

Fire, let it just boil up, then shake in the Sugar, stirring it all

the while the Sugar is putting in; then set it on the Fire again,

let it scald 'till all the Sugar is well melted; then lay a thin

Strainer in a flat earthen Pan, pour in your Clear-Cake Jelly, and

turn back the Strainer to take off the Scum; fill it into Pots, and

set it in the Stove to dry; when it is candy'd on the Top, turn it

out on Glass; and if your Pots are too big, cut it; and when it is

very dry, turn it again, and let it dry on the other Side; twice

turning is enough. If any of the Cakes stick to the Glass, hold them

over a little Fire, and they will come off: Take Care the Jelly does

not boil after the Sugar is in: A Gallon of Goosberries will make

three Pints of Jelly; if more, 'twill not be strong enough.