Required : One pound of flour.

Quarter of an ounce (good weight) of carbonate of soda. Half an ounce of cream of tartar. One egg.

Three ounces of castor sugar. One ounce of lard Milk, or buttermilk.

Quarter of a teaspoonful of salt.

One ounce of butter.

One ounce of castor sugar.

One ounce of lard.

One and a half ounces of currants.

One egg.

Half a pint of milk, or buttermilk.

Mix together the flour, salt, and baking-powder, clean and add the currants. Beat

Beat the sugar and lard together to up the egg, add the milk, then mix these a cream, and to this mix in the egg well beaten up. Then add alternately the flour and enough milk, or buttermilk, to mix the whole into a thick batter.

Take some extra lard, rub a little of it on the girdle, after first heating it, then pour a little batter in as neat rounds as possible on the girdle.

Cook the cakes from five to eight minutes, turning them once. Split open and serve very hot, with a liberal supply of butter.

Cost, about 4d.