Groom's Cake

Ingredients

1 pound of sugar
1 pound of butter and
12 yolks of eggs, beaten to a foam (Mix and beat thoroughly together)
Add 1 pound of flour, browned
2 pounds of currants
2 pounds of raisins
1 pound of citron
12 whites of eggs beaten stiff

Directions

Mix part of the flour with the fruit and stir it in with the sugar, butter and yolks; then add the whites of the eggs, stir in the remainder of the flour and add 2 tablespoonfuls of mixed spices and 1 gill of rose water. Bake three hours. Frost with yellow frosting.