No. 117 Spice Cake
One cupful butter, 2 cupfuls sugar, 3 cupfuls flour, 1 teaspoonful baking-powder, 2 eggs, 1 cupful milk, ½ cupful each of raisins stoned, currants washed and picked; 1 teaspoonful each of extract of nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. Rub the butter and sugar to a light white cream; add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating a few minutes between each; add the flour, sifted, with the powder, the milk, fruit, and extracts; mix into a smooth, rather firm, batter; put into a paper-lined cake-tin and bake in a steady oven 30 minutes.