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Ribbon Cake

Mix well together half a pound of butter, one pound of castor sugar, half a pint of milk, four eggs, one pound and a half of flour, a tea-spoonful of cream of tartar, and half a tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda. Divide the mixture into three parts. To one part add a cupful of raisins, picked carefully over, two table-spoonfuls of golden syrup, a quarter of a pound of chopped lemon-peel, and a tea-spoonful each of ground cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Bake each part in a shallow round tin, and when they are done, and while still hot, place the cake with the fruit in it between the two others, putting white of egg between them to make them stick together. Sprinkle white icing sugar on top.

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