Beat together one cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of butter, melted, add two eggs wellbeaten, a pinch of salt, a grating of nutmeg, one cupful of milk, and two cupfuls of flour sifted with three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Bake in two layers and put together with butter and raspberry jam. Serve hot.
The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, 1916