Cake (German)

Instructions

1. Mix in the ordinary way 1 lb. of flour, 1 lb. of white sugar, 1 lb. of butter, the bottle of milk, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar, and the soda.
2. When ready for the oven, have ready a flat baking-tin, or several tin plates, buttered. Pour this dough into it and spread it thinly over the surface.
3. Have ready the fifty almonds, roughly pounded, with a cup of crystallised sugar and a tablespoon of cinnamon, and sprinkle thickly over the cake.
4. Bake in a moderately quick oven for twenty minutes.
5. Cut into squares or shapes.