1 small cup sugar - 6 ounces. 1/2 cup butter - 4 ounces.

2 cups milk or water - a pint.

2 heaped teaspoons baking powder.

5 cups flour - 11/4 pounds.

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon.

1 teaspoon each cloves and allspice.

1 or 2 cups raisins and the same of currants. Cut the raisins in halves, dust them and currants with flour. Mix up the cake the usual way by stirring butter, sugar and milk together first. Frost over when baked with frosting made without eggs, No. 635.