A cheap and simple sort of lunch cake to be cut in square blocks Only good while fresh.

8 ounces sugar - 1 cup.

4 ounces butter - 1/2 cup.

6 eggs.

1 pint milk or water - 2 cups.

3 large teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 pounds flour - 6 cups.

2 ounces almonds. Little salt

Mix up like pound cake by creaming the sugar and butter together, adding the eggs two at a time, the milk and then the flour with powder and salt Spread it 1/2 inch deep in a greased baking pan and bake about 30 minutes in a slack oven. Mince the almonds fine, after scalding and peeling them. When the cake is done brush over the top with syrup and sprinkle the minced almonds upon it Cut in 16 square blocks.

Cost of material - 40 cents for 3 1/2 pounds.