1 lb (900 g, 4 cups) Self-rising flour
8 ounces (450 g) fat (butter, margarine, or lard)
8 ounces (454 g) sugar
6 ounces mixed fruit (raisins, currants, or mixed dried fruits, chopped)
4 eggs
Milk if needed to mix
Essence of your choice to flavour
Cream fat and sugar, add eggs one at a time (with spoon full of flour to stop mixture curdling) and finally add rest of flour and milk if needed and drop spoonfuls of mixture onto baking tray and bake in moderate (350F, 180C) oven for 15 minutes or until just brown.