Carol baked on apple cake yesterday, but she couldn't follow all the instructions in her cookbook because she didn't have enough of the ingredients. She used<u>a</u> little flour and <u>a</u> few eggs<em /><u><em>than the recipe required</em></u>(то есть этого было немного, но достаточно, в соответствии с рецептом). She also used little butter, few apples, few raisins and little sugar<u><em> than she needed</em></u> (то есть она положила мало(недостаточно), меньше, чем нужно по рецепту, поэтому артикль <u>а</u>не ставится). As a result Carol's apple cake didn't taste very good. In fact it tasted terrible.