Capital Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. sugar
4 c. flour, sifted
1 c. butter
1 c. morning's milk
6 eggs, beaten light
2 tsp. cream of tartar
sift in flour
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in milk
flavor with lemon or nutmeg

Preparation

From Jane's Grandmother's cookbook.
Very old.
No date can be found.
This recipe was from the \"House Keeping in Old Virginia\". The cake was to be baked in a wood stove until done (350\u00b0).