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“My grandmother's mother brought this recipe with her when the family moved from England to the USA in 1852.”
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs, well beaten
1 cup sweet milk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 level cups flour
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Method
Cream sugar and butter, add beaten eggs and beat before adding half the milk. Sift in the flour, baking soda and nutmeg. Beat well and add the remaining milk. Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, in a loaf pan or small tube pan. Delicious served warm with tea.
Recipe by Evelyn Finke, GFWC-Syracuse Federated Women's Club, Syracuse, NE
Taken from the General Federation of Women's Clubs’ Centennial Cookbook