Butter Cakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound butter
• 1/2 pound sugar
• 1 whole lemon
• cinnamon
• flour
• eggs
• candied orange peel or lemon peel

Instructions

1. Take equal quantities of butter and sugar, say half a pound of each.
2. Grate the rind of a lemon, add a little cinnamon, and as much flour as will form it into a paste, with spice and eggs.
3. Roll it out, cut it into two small cakes, and bake.
4. A piece of candied orange or lemon-peel may be put on the top of each cake.