Sugar, 3 teacupfuls;
Butter, 1½ cupfuls;
Eggs, 3;
Flour, 6 cupfuls;
Essence of lemon, or rose-water, to taste;
Baking soda, 1 teaspoonful;
Milk, 1 cupful.
Stir three teacupfuls of sugar and one and a half of butter to a cream; beat three eggs to a froth, and stir them into the sugar and butter, together with three cupfuls of flour; flavor to taste with essence of lemon or rose-water. Dissolve a teaspoonful of soda in a cupful of milk, strain it into the cake, and then add three more cupfuls of flour, with three teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar. Mix well, and bake immediately either in cups or pans.