No. 121 Wine Cake
One and one-half cupfuls of butter, 2 cupfuls of sugar, 2 cupfuls of flour, ½ teaspoonful of baking powder, 1 gill of wine, 3 eggs. Rub the butter and sugar to a light cream; add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating 5 minutes between each; add the flour, sifted, with the powder and the wine; mix into a medium firm batter; bake in a shallow, square cake pan in moderate oven 40 minutes; when taken from the oven carefully ice with the transparent icing.