A Good Christmas Cake.

This is a well tried and successful recipe.

Ingredients—1 1/2 lbs. flour (sifted), 1 lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 8 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon treacle, 1/2 nutmeg (grated), 2 lbs. mixed fruit (raisins, currants, dates, candied peel, chrystallised cherries, almonds, preserved ginger).

Method.—Beat sugar and butter to a cream. When well creamed, add eggs, one at a time, beating continuously. Add flour and baking powder together, then other ingredients. Keep beating one way till all is thoroughly mixed. Put in well papered tin and bake in a moderate oven for four hours.

N.B.—Place several thicknesses of paper over the top of the cake tin. Do not open the oven door for two hours.