4 eggs.
The weight of the eggs in sugar and in flour.
Half their weight in butter.
2 tablespoonfuls milk.
¼ teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water.
Rub the sugar and butter together; beat the yolks light, and add then
the milk and soda; lastly the flour and beaten whites alternately. Fill
six small cups, well buttered, and bake twenty minutes, or until a
nice brown. Eat warm.