Excerpt from Ornamental Confectionery And Practical Assistant To The Art Of Baking: In All Its Branches, With Numerous Illustrations, In All BranchesIn offering this book to the public and trade in general, I take the opportunity of expressing my grateful thanks to my numerous customers for their very liberal patronage and their testimonial of approbation and encouragement extended to me during the short period of my business relation with them.My first attempt at writing a book, which you probably bought, was but a beginning, and I hope that all purchasers of it have received the worth of their money, and I am thank ful for the many kind letters of gratitude received from them. From the many inquiries which I have had about recipes I can now say that I have a book which will satisfy the pur chaser and exceed all his expectations.The recipes that follow are not copied from other books, or written down from memory, but each one of them have been repeatedly tested and found correct in the course of many years of practice. They comprise the most saleable and popular forms of Cake and Confectionery, such as is generally found in first class establishments. Many books have been written on the various branches of our trade but none, I believe, treat on the subject with which I propose to deal in this book. I have classed these mixtures in an honest spirit, and. To the best of my knowledge and ability.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.