Carol-Singing or Pepper Cake

• 1½lb plain flour
• 8oz butter
• 8oz

Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture is like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and cloves. Add the treacle and well-beaten eggs, and the bicarbonate of soda mixed with a little milk. Pour into a well-greased roasting tin and bake at 325°F, 170°C, gas mark 3 for one and three quarter hours. This Yorkshire cake was often called ‘Pepper Cake’ and was given to Carol singers at C