Beat the butter and sugar into a drub. . Add the egg, well beaten,
then the 4 oz of flour sifted with the baking soda and nutmeg. . Pour
over all the cyder, beaten to a suds. Mix good. . Stir in
remainder of the flour and mix well unitedly. . Bake in a shoal,
well-greased tin, for 45 minutes in a moderate oven.

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