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 * MATERIALS
 * 2 tablespoons butter
 * ¼ cup sugar
 * 1 egg
 * ¾ cup flour
 * 1 teaspoon baking-powder
 * ⅛ teaspoon salt
 * ¼ cup milk
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla


 * UTENSILS
 * 2 bowls
 * Tablespoon
 * Dover beater
 * Sifter
 * Cake-pan


 * 1) "Cream" the butter in a mixing-bowl.
 * 2) Add the sugar, and "cream" again.
 * 3) Break the egg, adding the yolk to the butter and sugar and putting the white in a separate bowl.
 * 4) Beat the egg with the sugar and butter.
 * 5) Sift the flour, baking-powder, and salt together.
 * 6) Add the flour mixture and the milk, alternately and a little at a time, to the materials in the mixing-bowl, and beat thoroughly with a mixing-spoon.
 * 7) Beat the egg-white and "fold" it into the mixture.
 * 8) Pour the mixture into a buttered cake-pan, and bake from twenty to thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with Vanilla, Lemon, or Strawberry Sauce (pages 101-102).