I found some Extra Large Raisins…

When I was young, my Grandma used to make a most wonderful cake called “Boodle’s Cake.” I have since discovered that this cake is served at Boodle’s Private Members’ Club in St James’s Street, London…

The cake’s most important ingredient is Extra Large Raisins which have been very scarce for a few years, so you can imagine my joy when I noticed that the local Holland and Barrett had them in stock last friday. I bought a couple of bags, and on Sunday morning I set about making a Boodle’s Cake.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces Self Raising Flour
• 4 ounces Demerara Sugar
• 4 ounces Margarine
• 6 ounces Extra Large Raisins
• 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
• ¼ pint Milk

Directions

• Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
• Mix in the sugar and raisins
• Put the bicarbonate of soda into the milk and stir
• Pour the milk mixture onto the dry ingredients and stir well to combine
• Pour mixture in to a baking tin and put in warmed oven
• Cook at 350F (175ºC) for 1 hour 10 minutes.