From the December 2008 issue:

In memory of Sam Sampson:

Christmas Cake
(This is a repeat from the
December 2002 issue of SIN.)

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit
lemon juice
1 tsp soda
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar
nuts
1 bottle whisky

Sample the whisky for quality.
Take a large bowl. Check whisky
again, insure it is of highest quality,
pour one level cup and drink.
Repeat. Turn on beater and beat
butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add
1 Tbsp of sugar and beat again.
Make sure whisky is still OK.
Try another cup. Break two eggs
and add to bowl and chuck in a
cup of dried fruit. Mix on the
turner. If the dried fruit gets stuck
in the beater then prise loose with
a drewsricer. Sample the whisky
again to check for its tonsisticity.
Next sift in 2 cups salt—or something.
Who cares anyway? Check
the whisky. Now sift in the lemon
juice and strain your nuts. Add a
tsp of sugar or somethink—
whatever you can find. Grease
the oven. Turn the cake 350
degrees. Don’t forget to beat off
the turner, throw the bowl out the
window, check the whisky again
and go to bed.
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