May’s Cake
3 cups flour, full ones.
3 eggs.
½ cup of milk.
2 cups of sugar.
½ cup of butter.
½ cup of cream.
½ teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water.
1 teaspoonful cream of tartar, sifted in flour.
Nutmeg, and a pinch of grated lemon-peel.
Bake in one loaf.