CHEESE CAKE
- 1 lb. pot cheese
- ½ lb. (2 cups) flour
- 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
- Juice ½ lemon
- 6 ozs. (¾ cup) sugar
- 6 ozs. (¾ cup) butter
- 1 gill (½ cup) milk
- 1 egg
- ½ cupful cleaned currants
Rub half a cupful of the butter into the flour, add half a cupful of the sugar, baking powder, egg well beaten, milk, and strained juice of lemon.
Line a buttered baking earthenware dish with this paste. Mix the cheese smoothly with the rest of the sugar and butter. Spread this filling into the prepared casserole.
Sprinkle the currants on the top and bake in a hot oven for half an hour.