Drop Cakes

Ingredients

 * 1 cupful butter
 * 1/2 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
 * 1/2 cupful milk

Directions
To prepare this Drop Cakes Recipe, first rub the butter and sugar to a white, light cream; add the eggs, beat ten minutes; add the flour and powder sifted together, the milk, and extracts. Mix into a rather firm batter, and drop with a spoon on a greased baking-tin; bake in a quick oven ten minutes.