Huckleberry Cake. ✠
1 cup butter.
2 cups sugar.
3 cups flour.
5 eggs.
1 cup sweet milk.
1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water.
1 teaspoonful nutmeg, and the same of cinnamon.
1 qt. ripe, fresh huckleberries, thickly dredged with flour.
Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the beaten yolks; then the milk, the flour, and spice, the whites whipped stiff, and the soda. At the last stir in the huckleberries with a wooden spoon or paddle, not to bruise them. Bake in a loaf or card, in a moderate but steady oven, until a straw comes out clean from the thickest part.
This is a delicious cake, and deserves to be better known. It is best on the second day after baking.