Plain Cake
One-half cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp. soda and 2 tsp. Slade's cream tartar. Orange flavoring.
— Mrs. J. H. Proffit
A church class in Worcester, Massachusetts pooled its recipes in 1922 — and signed every one of them.
One-half cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp. soda and 2 tsp. Slade's cream tartar. Orange flavoring.
— Mrs. J. H. Proffit