Recipe - Country Sweet Cake

8 ounce Flour
4 ounce Butter
4 ounce Brown sugar
4 ounce Sultanas
4 ounce Currants
One half ounce Yeast
One fourth teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda
One half teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One half teaspoon Allspice
One fourth pt Milk
One half ounce Ground rice
One half ounce Glace cherries
Few drops almond essence

Set oven to 300/F or M.rk 2. Grease and line a 7 inch x 9 inch x 2
inch deep baking or roasting tin. Warm the milk slightly and
dissolve the yeast in it. Rub the butter into the flour in a bowl
and add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix in the combined yeast
and milk. The finished mixture should be soft in texture. Pour the
mixture into the tin and bake for 3045 minutes until the cake is
set. Leave in the tin for 1015 minutes and turn out on to a wire
rack to cool. This cake is also called "Cut and come again cake".
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #246

Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 18:08:57 +0000

From: "ray.watson" ray.watson@ukonline.co.uk