Spiced Currant Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb sugar
• 1 lb flour
• ½ lb butter
• 6 eggs
• 1 ¼ cup milk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp tartaric acid
• ¼ cup water (for dissolving soda)
• ¼ cup water (for dissolving tartaric acid)
• Nutmeg, mace, or lemon extract to taste
• 1 lb dried currants (optional)

Method

1. 1 Warm the milk and butter together.
2. 2 Add sugar to the warm mixture, then beat in the egg yolks until light.
3. 3 Alternately add the egg whites and flour, mixing gently.
4. 4 Dissolve the soda in half a wine-glass of water and the tartaric acid in another half wine-glass of water.
5. 5 Stir in the dissolved soda, season with nutmeg, mace, or lemon extract, then fold in the dissolved tartaric acid.
6. 6 Bake for one hour in a hot oven (425°F). Cover with paper when the top is brown.