Ingredients

• half a pound plain flour
• four ounces butter or lard
• three or four ounces mixed dried fruit
• one teaspoonful cinnamon
• one teaspoonful ginger
• half a teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda
• one tablespoonful vinegar
• milk

Method

• Rub the fat into the flour and work in the other dry ingredients.
• Mix gradually with milk to give a fairly soft consistency.
• Dissolve the soda in the vinegar, pour it over the soft batter mixture and stir briskly.
• Allow this mixture to stand overnight.
• Line a cake tine with greaseproof paper, pour the mixture into it and bake in a moderately hot oven for about one and a quarter hours.

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