This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
One pint of milk; two eggs; one quart of flour (sifted) ; one gill of yeast; one saltspoonful of salt; one teaspoonful of boiling water; nearly a quart of berries dredged with flour. Make a batter of these ingredients - leaving out the berries - and set in a warm place to rise, for about four hours. If light then, stir in the dredged berries, pour into a buttered cake-mould, and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Turn out and eat with hard sauce.
 
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