Harry, I made mine at the end of the school summer holidays, (last week August-1st week September) exactly as my mother used to do. Immediately afterwards, the Christmas cake was made. (Yes, I enjoy cooking.) Although it is really a bit late, I will dig out the recipe I use and send it to you off-list. http://www.alanstepney.info Alan Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, and workshop pages. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.