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Light Layer Cake

Four eggs, two coffee-cups sugar, three coffee-cups flour, one coffee-cup sweet milk, one coffee-cup butter, two teaspoons cream tartar sifted with the flour, one teaspoon soda dissolved in one tablespoon hot water, a little salt, flavor to taste. This recipe makes two cakes, three layers in each; put between jelly or soft frosting with cocoanut.

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