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Saucer Cake

Mix a quarter of a pound of flour with a quarter of a pound of best arrowroot. Beat four ounces of butter to cream, add the same weight of powdered sugar, the flour and arrowroot, one ounce of candied peel finely shredded, and two well-whisked eggs. beat the mixture till it is smooth and light, put it into a shallow dish lined with buttered paper, and bake in a moderate oven. If the cake is put in an airtight tin, it will keep good for some time. Time to bake, an hour or more. Probable cost, 1s. 2d.