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Soda Cake

Half pound sifted flour, two ounces fine sugar, two ounces butter, one ounce currants, half teaspoon carbonate soda, quarter of a pint cold milk and one raw egg.

Place in a basin the butter, flour and sugar, and knead thoroughly. Mix the soda with the milk, and then briskly mix all the ingredients together. Place the mixture into a lightly buttered tin. Set in the hot oven and bake for forty-five minutes. Remove, cut the cake into six equal pieces and serve.