Beer Cake

4 oz butter
4 cups SR flour
1 cup sugar
2 cups beer
1 beaten egg
1 cup mixed fruit
1 tspn mixed spice

Method: Rub butter into flour. Mix sugar and spice lightly into flour, then fruit and beaten egg. Add beer, mixing all well. Pour into 10" baking dish.

Topping:
1 cup plain flour
3 oz butter
1 cup sugar

Rub all together until crumbly and sprinkle over cake mixture. Bake in hot oven 400°F for half an hour, then reduce temperature to 325°F and bake further half hour.

Source: The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.45.