1 lb. confectioners sugar
1 lb. butter
6 eggs
2 ¾ cups cake flour
½ tea mace
1 tea. vanilla

Cream butter, add sugar and cream well.  Beat in eggs one at a time.  Sift flour with mace and a pinch of salt.  Add to creamed mixture.  Add vanilla last.  Bake in two medium bread pans or three small ones.  Do not grease.  1 hour at 350.
(We often omit mace and use either 1 ½ tea. vanilla or half vanilla and half lemon extract)