BRISTOL LOAF CAKE.
370. Five ounces of butter,
Two pounds of flour,
Half a pound of sugar,
One pound of currants,
One table spoonful of powdered cinnamon,
One gill of yeast,
Enough milk to make a thick batter.
Mix the flour, leaving out a quarter of a pound, with the butter cut in small pieces, the sugar, cinnamon and fruit; add milk enough to form a thick batter, and lastly stir in the yeast. Mix it over night and set it away to rise, in the morning stir in the remainder of the flour and let it rise, when light mould it out very lightly, butter your pan, and bake it in an oven about as hot as for bread.