Plain Cake

Ingredients

• 8 ozs. self-raising flour
• 1 egg
• About 4 tablespoonsful milk
• Pinch of salt
• 9-4 ozs. Margarine or butter
• 4 ozs. granulated sugar
• 6-8 ozs. mixed fruit

Method

1. 1

   Sift the flour and salt.

2. 2

   Rub in the fat thoroughly, add the sugar and fruit.

3. 3

   Beat the egg and mix everything together to a fairly stiff dough.

4. 4

   Bake in a greased cake tin.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery book (1940) by Gas Council (Great Britain), page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Cake Number 5. Time t+ hours. Shelf 5th. 8 ozs. self-raising flour, I egg. or 8 ozs. plain flourand 1 heaped About 4 tablespoonsful milk. teaspoonful baking powder. Pinch of salt. 9-4 ozs. Margarine or butter. 6-8 ozs. mixed fruit. 4 ozs. granulated sugar

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