Required: One pound of flour. Half a pound of butter. Half a pound of castor sugar. Five eggs.

Two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder Two lemons.

Four ounces of glace cherries or sultanas. Six tablespoonfuls of milk.

Prepare the cake. Sieve together the flour and the baking-powder, beat the butter and sugar to a cream; if it is very cold let it soften by the fire, but on no account let it oil. Beat the eggs until they are frothy, add them to the butter and sugar, and beat them well for five minutes. Add the flour very lightly; the grated rinds and the cherries cut in quarters, or, if preferred, chopped. Stir in the milk. Put the mixture in the prepared tin, and bake the cake carefully in a moderate oven for about one and three-quarter hours.