Ingredients. - Half a pound of flour. Quarter of a pound of butter. Quarter of a pound of sugar. Quarter of a pound of sultana raisins. One ounce of candied peel. Two eggs. One teaspoonful of baking-powder. Half a gill of milk. One lemon.

Time required, about one hour and a half.

To make a Sultana Cake:

1. Put half a pound of flour into a basin.

2. Rub a quarter of a pound of butter into the flour with your hands.

3. Now add a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, a teaspoonful of baking-powder, and a quarter of a pound of sultana raisins.

4. Take a lemon, wipe it clean in a cloth, and grate the rind of it into the basin.

5. Cut up one ounce of candied peel into small pieces, and add it to the other ingredients.

6. Put half a gill of milk into a small basin, and add to it the yolks of two eggs. (Put the whites on a plate.)

7. Stir the milk and the eggs together and then pour it into the other ingredients, and mix all together.

8. Butter a cake-tin.

9. Whip the whites of the eggs into a stiff froth with a knife, and stir it lightly into the mixture.

10. Now pour it into the tin, and put it into the oven (the heat should rise to 240°) to bake for one hour and a quarter.

11. After that time, turn the cake out of the tin and stand it on its side, or on a sieve, to cool.

N. B. - This will prevent its getting heavy.