Rebecca Cake ( Mrs. North ).
Ingredients: Half a cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, one egg, one pint of flour, one tea-spoonful of soda, and two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar.
For a change, a cupful of raisins or of English currants, or a mixture of both, or an addition of sliced citron, may be added.