MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Boiled Cake or Poor Soldier's Categories: Cakes, Fruit, Desserts Yield: 1 Cake 1 c Sugar 1 c Water 1/2 c Butter 1/2 lb Seeded raisins; sultanas, - or mixed fruit 1 ts Bicarbonate of soda 1 ts Ground cloves or other spice 1 1/2 c Flour; approx Put all ingredients except flour in a saucepan and let just come to the boil. Allow to cool and add sufficient flour to make a thin batter (about a cup and a half flour). Bake in a moderate oven for one hour. "Green and Gold Cookery Book" 46th edition. (c) Pembroke School, Inc. Typed, and tested regularly, by Greg Mayman, Oct 1998 Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM