Plain loaf cake
One cupful of butter rubbed to a cream with two cupfuls of sugar; three cupfuls of flour sifted three times with a heaping teaspoonful of baking-powder; four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, and very light; one cupful of milk. Bake in two loaves.
This simple formula is the foundation for scores of fancy cakes, especially of those baked in layers.