Old herefordshire cider cake

1 cake

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
8ouncesFlour
4ouncesSugar
¼poundsButter
2eachesEggs
½eachGrated nutmeg
1Teacup of cider
1eachLevel Tspn baking soda

Directions

Beat the butter and sugar into a cream. . Add the eggs, well beaten, then the 4 oz of flour sifted with the baking soda and nutmeg. . Pour over all the cider, beaten to a froth. Mix thoroughly. . Stir in remainder of the flour and mix well together. . Bake in a shallow, well-greased tin, for 45 minutes in a moderate oven.

From _The Good Fare and Cheer of Old England_ by Joan Parry Dutton Reynal & Company, 1960 Typos by Jeff Pruett.

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 04-24-95