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By Eliza Acton's day, however, yeast had been largely replaced by eggs, as in Mr Herbert M Bower's recipe for Ripon Plum Cake or Christmas Cake, included in Florence White's 1932 collection, Good Things in England, which contains no fewer than 7, the whites of which must be beaten "to a stiff snow", rather like a Savoy sponge, before being added to the cake mixture.

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If you find it hard to muster enthusiasm for this most British of baked goods, consider Eliza Acton's tart observation that "more illness is caused by habitual indulgence in rich and heavier kind of cakes than can easily be credited by persons who have given no attention to the subject."

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By Acton's account, even John Calvin, despite his moderate republican leanings, saw the general populace as "unfit to govern themselves," and instead advocated a form of aristocratic rule.

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By Acton's account, even John Calvin, despite his moderate republican leanings, saw the general populace as "unfit to govern themselves," and instead advocated a form of aristocratic rule.

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By Acton's account, even John Calvin, despite his moderate republican leanings, saw the general populace as "unfit to govern themselves," and instead advocated a form of aristocratic rule.

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