Mock Yeast Cake

2 tbsp. Butter

2 cps. S. R. Flour

1/2 cp. Sugar

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 cp. Sultanas or Currants

1 cup Beer

TOPPING:

1 tbsp. melted Butter

1/2 cp. Sugar

1/2 cup. plain Flour

Method: Rub butter into sifted flour, sugar and salt. Add sultanas or currants and mix together with beer. Put into baking dish approximately 12" x 10" and spread evenly. Rub topping ingredients together until crumbly, then sprinkle over cake mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for 20-25 minutes.

Source: contributed by K. Marsson (Sevenhills) in The Lunchbox: A Selection of Tried Recipes (Clare, S.A.: The Bihar Mission Auxiliary; 1975 [Second Edition]), p.33.