Ingredients

• four cupfuls plain flour
• two large teaspoonfuls baking powder
• two large teaspoonfuls ground ginger
• half a cupful sultanas
• half a cupful cherries (halved)
• a little candied peel
• four ounces butter
• two eggs
• three-quarter cupful honey
• a little salt
• a little milk

Method

• Sift the flour, the baking powder, salt and ginger into a bowl and add the dried fruit, candied peel and cherries.
• Melt the butter over a low heat and dissolve the honey into it with a little milk.
• Leave to cool and then pour, together with the beaten eggs, into the dry mixture.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Put in a greased cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven.
• Store for a fortnight before cutting.

Llanwenog, Cardiganshire.