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Cake, Common

Mix two and a half pounds of flour with half a pound of brown sugar. Stir in a tea-cupful of good yeast and half a pint of lukewarm milk. Knead these well together, and set the dough near the fire to rise. When it rises, add half a pound of picked currants, or two tea-spoonfuls of caraway-seeds, and half a pound of melted butter in another half pint of milk. Knead again, and let the mixture rise once more. Put it into tins, and bake in a moderate oven. Time to bake, about an hour. The above ingredients will be sufficient for two large cakes. Probable cost, 8d. each.