Drop Cakes

Ingredients

 * 1 cupful butter
 * ½ cupful sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 small teaspoonful baking powder
 * 1 pint flour
 * 1 cupful washed and picked currants
 * 1 teaspoonful each extract nutmeg and lemon
 * ½ cupful milk

Directions

 * 1) First rub the butter and sugar to a white, light cream.
 * 2) Add the eggs, beat ten minutes.
 * 3) Add the flour and powder sifted together, the milk, and extracts.
 * 4) Mix into a rather firm batter, and drop with a spoon on a greased baking-tin.
 * 5) Bake in a quick oven ten minutes.