GERMAN CAKE

Ingredients.......45gm of butter/ marg, 1/2 cup of warm mashed potatoes, 3/4 cup of castor sugar, 1 egg, beaten, 1/2 cup of sultanas, 2 cups of self raising flour, 1 tsp of ground nutmeg, 1 tsp of mixed spice, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1 cup of milk. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Line a 20cm pan with baking paper. Mix the butter into the warm mashed potatoes, then add the sugar and beaten egg, Continue to use your electric beater to mix in the blended flour and spices and then the milk Finally mix through the sultanas. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. A topping is optional ........but when the cake is removed from the oven, I lightly drizzled the top of the cake with honey and a scatter of granulated nuts. N.B.I found this recipe in a very old recipe book and this is my third attempt at the recipe. The recipe was very sparse in direction and written in a time way before 'all the electric gadgets' we now have at hand in the most basic of kitchens. Follow my version of the recipe and you will be rewarded.