Caraway seed cake cookbooks, including Hannah Glasse's "The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy" (1747) (note that there are recipes for ""cheap seed-cake"" and ""a rich seed-cake, called the nun's cake""), Elizabeth Moxon's "English Housewifery Exemplified" (1764), Amelia Simmons' "American Cookery" (1796), Mary Eaton's "The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary" (1822), and Isabella Beeton's "Book of Household Management" (1861). "Seed cake" and "caraway cake" often have different recipes (see, e.g., recipes number 231 "carraway cake" and number 235 "seed cake" in Elizabeth Moxon's 1764 cookbook, and recipes for "carraway cake" and "seed cake" in Mary Eaton's 1822 cookbook). Caraway seeds
Lotus seed protein, and 14% water. The seeds contain B vitamins in rich content, particularly thiamin at 43% of the Daily Value (DV), and numerous dietary minerals, such as manganese (116% DV) and phosphorus (63% DV). The most common use of the seed is in the form of lotus seed paste (蓮蓉), which is used extensively in Chinese pastries as well as in Japanese desserts. Dried lotus seeds must be soaked in water overnight prior to use. They can then be added directly to soups and congee or used in other dishes. Fresh lotus seeds are sold in the seed heads of