Washington Cake.
3 cups sugar.
2 cups butter.
5 eggs.
1 cup milk.
4 cups flour.
2 teaspoonfuls cream-tartar.
1 teaspoonful soda.
Mix as usual and stir in, at the last—
½ lb. currants well washed and dredged.
¼ lb. raisins seeded and chopped fine, then floured.
A handful of citron sliced fine.
Cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.
Fruit-cake takes longer to bake than plain, and the heat must be kept steady.