Foodie Friday - An Ordinary Light Cake

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book in progress 

called "Grandma's Recipes Circa 1902"

An Ordinary Light Cake

½ pound currants

Some nutmeg

1 oz sugar

1 lb flour

A little salt

¼ pound butter

Quarter of a pint of milk

Quarter pint of ale yeast

2 eggs

1 egg white

Mix half a pound of currants, some nutmeg and an ounce of sugar in one pound of flour, a little salt:  stir a quarter of a pound of butter into a quarter of a pint of milk over the fire till the butter is melted:  strain to it a quarter of a pint of ale yeast, two eggs, one egg white; stir all together with a stick; set it before the fire to rise in the pan it is to be baked in.  the oven must be as hot as for bread

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