BRANDY CAKE

6 ozs. (¾ cup) butter
12 ozs. (1½ cups) sugar
2 eggs
¾ lb. (3 cups) flour
3 gills (1½ cups) milk
2 heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 gill (½ cup) brandy

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the yolks of the eggs, beating them well in, the milk, flour, baking powder, brandy, and the whites of eggs beaten stiffly.

Turn into a buttered and floured fireproof dish and bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour.