This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Three cups of brown sugar, one and a half cups of thin cream, one tablespoonful of butter.
Boil ingredients together in a smooth granite saucepan until a ball can be formed, when mixture is tried in cold water. It takes about forty minutes for boiling. Beat until of right consistency to spread.
 
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