On baking-day, take from your dough, after its second rising—2 cups
risen dough. Have ready, also—
2 cups white sugar.
1 cup butter, creamed with the sugar.
3 eggs.
1 even teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water.
2 tablespoonfuls sweet milk—cream is better.
½ lb. currants, well washed and dredged.
1 teaspoonful nutmeg.
1 teaspoonful cloves.
Beat the yolks very light, add the creamed butter and sugar, the spice,
milk, soda, and dough. Stir until all are well mixed; put in the beaten
whites, lastly the fruit. Beat hard five minutes, let it rise twenty
minutes in two well-buttered pans, and bake half an hour or until done.