Cream together 2 eggs, keeping out white of 1 for icing, 1 cup brown sugar, butter size of an egg, 1 level teaspoon cinnamon, a little nutmeg, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons cream, tartar; add 1 cup milk and flour enough to make a batter, not too stiff. - Mrs. H. A. Sherman, Palatine, 111.

Icing

Take the white of the egg you save, beat it very light and thicken with 1 cup brown sugar; when the cake is done spread it on the top and return to the oven to brown slightly. - Mrs. H. A. Sherman, Palatine, 111.

Variation I

Cream together 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 3 eggs. Reserve whites of 2 for icing. Beat the rest of eggs light. 1 cup sweet milk, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 1 teaspoon soda sifted through 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves. Take whites of eggs, beat light, and add 1 cup brown sugar, just a little cinnamon and cloves, beat all together and spread over cake; after it is baked, set it in the oven again to brown. - Mrs. Castle Hopkins, Winnetka, 111.