Lunch Cakes (Recipe from 1911)

Lunch Cakes (Recipe from 1911) >>>

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14739, 22 July 1911, Page 6 (Supplement)

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Here is the converted recipe with metric measurements:

Ingredients:

• 225g flour (½ lb)

• 115g butter (4 oz)

• 115g fine sugar (4 oz)

• 2 eggs

• 225g currants (½ lb)

• 142ml milk (1 gill)

• 1.25ml bicarbonate of soda (¼ teaspoon)

• 15ml vinegar (1 tablespoon)

Instructions:

1. Beat butter and sugar to a cream.

2. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. Add flour and currants, then milk, bicarbonate of soda, and vinegar.

4. Mix quickly, put into a lined tin.

5. Bake in a moderately hot oven (~180°C) for one hour.