Yield: 6 Servings
| Measure | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 10 ounces | Flour |
| 3 ounces | Sugar |
| ½ teaspoon | Bicarbonate |
| \N \N | Pinch mixed spice and ginger |
| 1 cup | Milk |
| 4 ounces | Lard |
| \N \N | Egg |
| 1 teaspoon | Treacle |
| 4 ounces | Dried fruit |
| \N \N | Pinch salt |
Cream the sugar and fat. Mix in the egg and add the remainder of the ingredients, having desolved the bicarbonate in the milk.
Bake in a greased tin for about ¾ hour in a moderately hot oven.
Gas control, Gas MArk 5 (375F). Alternate:
3 teacupsful of flour; 1 teacupful of butter; 1 teacupful of sugar; 2 teaspoonful of baking powder; 2 eggs; milk to mix; a little dried fruit.
Rub the butter into the flour, add sugar, baking powder and well beaten eggs and milk if necessary - it must be kept fairly stiff.
This mixture is enough to fill two sandwich tins. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Cut in half, spread with butter and eat hot. Oven control, Gas Mark 5 (375F).
Croeso Cymreig.
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