Drop Cake
A simple and quick cake made by dropping batter onto a baking tin and baking in a hot oven.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter
- 0.5 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder (Small teaspoonful)
- 1 pint Flour
- 1 cup Currants (Washed and picked)
- 1 teaspoon Royal Extract Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Royal Extract Lemon
- 0.5 cup Milk
Instructions
- 1In a mixing bowl, rub together 1 cupful of butter and 1/2 cupful of sugar until the mixture is white and light cream.
- 2Add 2 eggs to the creamed mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
- 3Sift together 1 pint of flour and 1 small teaspoonful of Royal Baking Powder. Add this to the egg mixture, along with 1/2 cupful of milk, 1 teaspoonful of Royal Extract Nutmeg, and 1 teaspoonful of Royal Extract Lemon. Mix until a rather firm batter forms.
- 4Mix in 1 cupful of washed and picked currants.
- 5Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). Drop spoonfuls of the batter onto a greased baking tin. Bake in a quick oven for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
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