Take six ounces of flour and sift it on a sheet of paper, then half a pound of sifted castor sugar, five ounces of butter, melted, but not hot. Break six eggs in a bowl, and place the bowl in some boiling water in a separate pan placed over gentle heat. Beat the eggs and butter for twenty minutes or so with a whisk to a nice consistency. Take the bowl off the fire, and beat the contents a little again. Add flour and butter, mix lightly with a wooden spoon, but not to stir it up to a cream. Flavor according to taste. Take any kind of mold or tin you like, well butter it, and dredge with castor sugar. Three parts fill it with the paste and place in the paper bag. Allow thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven (300 Fahr.).

Any Kind of Cake, plain, madeira, sultana, raisin, etc. - can be cooked in the loose paper bag, on grid, in fairly hot oven (300 Fahr.). Allow one and a quarter hours, according to size.