Plain Loaf Cake Recipe

Mix together a pint of lukewarm milk, two quarts of sifted flour, a

small tea-cup of yeast. Set the batter where it will rise quick. When

perfectly light, work in with the hand four beaten eggs, a tea-spoonful

of salt, two of cinnamon, a wine glass of brandy or wine. Stir a pound

of sugar with three-quarters of a pound of butter--when white, work it

into the cake, add another quart of sifted flour, and beat the whole

well with the hand ten or fifteen minutes, then set it where it will

rise again. When of a spongy lightness, put it into buttered cake pans,

and let them stand fifteen or twenty minutes before baking. Add if you

like a pound and a half of raisins, just before putting the cake into

the pans.

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