Two cups of white sugar stirred into one cup of butter until quite light, three cups of sifted flour, four eggs beaten light (whites and yolks separately); beat the yolks into the sugar and butter, stir the flour in gently, one cup of milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one of cream of tartar, lastly the whites; beat all well, bake in a moderate oven in small tins, sift sugar over them.

Cup Cake

Three cups of sugar, one of butter, four of flour, one of cream, three eggs, one teaspoonful of pearlash; let these ingredients be well beaten together, and add spice to your taste.

Cup Cake

One cup of cream, two cups of butter, three cups of sugar, and four cups of flour, five eggs, and spice to your taste: bake thin.