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Queen Cakes

Half pound flour, three ounces butter, four ounces powdered sugar, two eggs, one gill milk, two tablespoons currants, half teaspoon baking powder and the juice of half a sound lemon.

Knead the butter with a wooden spoon to a cream in a bowl, dredge in the flour, add the sugar and currants. Mix the ingredients well together, then break in the eggs and beat the whole well together for five minutes. Add the baking powder; gently mix. Lightly butter a small tin; pour the preparation into the tin and set in the hot oven to bake for twenty minutes. Remove, cut the cake into six equal pieces and serve.