4 eggs.
The weight of the eggs in sugar.
Half their weight in flour.
¼ teaspoonful soda, }
½ teaspoonful cream-tartar,} sifted _well_ with the flour.
If you bake these often, it will be worth your while to have made at
the tinner’s a set of small tins, about five inches long and two wide,
round at the bottom, and kept firm by strips of tin connecting them.
If you cannot get these, tack stiff writing-paper into the same shape,
stitching each of the little canoes to its neighbor after the manner
of a pontoon bridge. Have these made and buttered before you mix the
cake; put a spoonful of batter in each, and bake in a steady oven.
When nearly cold, cover the rounded side with a caramel icing, made
according to the foregoing receipt.
These little cakes are popular favorites, and with a little practice
can be easily and quickly made.