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Stranger's Cake, or Polly's Cake

Rub half a pound of butter or sweet dripping into a pound of flour. Add a small salt-spoonful of salt, three heaped tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder, a pound of ground rice, half a pound of moist sugar, a pound of picked currants or sultanas, and two ounces of candied peel. A little spice may be added if approved. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Stir into the cake four well-whisked eggs and a cupful of milk. Bake immediately in a moderate oven. Time to bake, two hours and a half or more. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. for a cake this size.