Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 c Pastry flour
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Cloves
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/2 c Butter or other shortening
1 c Sifted brown sugar, firmly
-packed
2 Eggs
3/4 c Sweet milk
2 tb Vinegar

Sift, then measure flour. Sift again with baking soda, salt and
spices. Cream butter until light and lemon colored. Add sugar
gradually, beating after each addition. Slowly add the eggs which
have been beaten until they are almost as thick as whipped cream.
Combine vinegar and milk. Alternately add the dry and the liquid
ingredients, beating until smooth after each addition. Turn into a
greased cake pan. Bake in a moderate oven. Frost with butter frosting.

Amount: 8x8-inch pan Temperature: 350 F. Time: 40-45 minutes

From: Steve Herrick Source: Successful Baking for Flavor and Texture
by Martha Lee Anderson - 1936 (Arm Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda)

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