I am no cook, so I cannot tell you how to make such cake.

I might borrow the recipe from my mother, but I would rather you should take my word for the excellence of Polotzk cheese cakes.

If you should attempt that pastry, I am certain, be you ever so clever a cook, you would be disappointed by the result; and hence you might be led to mistrust my reflections and conclusions.

You have nothing in your kitchen cupboard to give the pastry its notable flavor.

It takes history to make such a cake.