Title: Old Herefordshire Cider Cake
Categories: Ethnic Dessert Cake
Yield: 1 Cake

8	oz	Flour
4	oz	Sugar
1/4	lb	Butter
2		Eggs
1/2		Grated nutmeg
1		Teacup of cider
1		Level Tspn baking soda

Beat the butter and sugar into a cream. . Add the eggs, well beaten, then the 4 oz of flour sifted with the baking soda and nutmeg. . Pour over all the cider, beaten to a froth. Mix thoroughly. . Stir in remainder of the flour and mix well together. . Bake in a shallow, well-greased tin, for 45 minutes in a moderate oven.

From _The Good Fare and Cheer of Old England_ by Joan Parry Dutton Reynal & Company, 1960 Typos by Jeff Pruett.

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