Tricia’s Wartime Cake
By Fourteas, The

Ingredients
6oz self-raising flour
3oz margarine
3oz caster sugar
¼ pint milk         
1 tbs vinegar
½ tsp bicarb of soda
3-4oz mixed dried fruit
½ tsp mixed spices
 
Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Sift the flour
3. Pour the milk into a basin
4. Add vinegar and bicarb of soda
5. The mixture will froth up slightly
6. Cream margarine and sugar
7. Add 1/3 of flour and then 1/3 vinegar mixture
8. Keep adding flour and vinegar alternately.
9. Add mixed spices
10. When fully blended add fruit
11. Pour into a greased and lined 1lb loaf tin
12. Bake for approximately 1hr