This "recipe" includes instructions on how to cure several skin conditions. These ailments include eczema, psoriasis, shingles, ringworm, scald head (scalp diseases), pimples, blackheads, rough red skin, chapped hands, cuts, burns, bruises, hives, bites, sores, and frostbite. The treatment only requires Electro Balm be applied after washing the affected area(s) in water, sometimes twice a day to see results in twenty-four hours. The range of conditions that Electro Balm can allegedly cure and the speed at which it does its job reflects the types of common ailments that people may have suffered from at this time, as well as the fact that the medical community was acknowledging these conditions. 

This recipe for Queen Cakes is listed with the April calendar and requires butter, castor sugar, eggs, flour, currants, baking powder, milk, and almond essence. The inclusion of rather novel ingredients like almond essence shows that baked goods were becoming more complex with broader flavour profiles. The recipe also highlights that the reader will have knowledge of cake baking as the only instruction provided is to “bake in patty pans in brisk oven.” There is no indication of how much almond essence is required or the oven temperature that the cake should be baked at. The recipe suggests that readers knew how to combine the ingredients properly to achieve the desired consistency and knew how to regulate oven temperatures before oven thermometers were developed. Having patty pans was also a requirement and expected to be available in anyone's kitchen. The placement of the recipe with the April calendar also shows that the recipe would have been popular in the spring, perhaps being prepared for celebrations, festivals, or Easter.