¾ lb. butter.
1 lb. sugar.
1 lb. flour.
6 eggs.
2 cups sour cream or milk.
1 grated nutmeg.
1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon.
¼ lb. citron.
1 tablespoonful rose-water.
1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water, and stirred into the
milk just before adding the latter to the cake.
Cream the butter and sugar, put with them the yolks whipped light,
then the cream and spice, next the flour, then the rose-water, and a
double-handful of citron cut in slips and dredged; finally, the beaten
whites of the eggs. Stir all well, and bake in a loaf or in a “card,”
using a square shallow baking-pan.
This is a good cake, and keeps well.