1lb plain flour(half white and half whole meal or 3 quarters whole meal and
quarter white)
1 teasp bread soda with half pint sour /butter milk.or
Half pint fresh milk but 1 teasp .bextartar must be used with soda.
1 egg
1 tablespoon cooking oil

Method
Sieve flour ,soda and bextartar if using
Add egg to milk with oil and beat well.
Add all at once to flour and mix to form a loose dough (if too stiff add
another few drops of milk)
knead and put into floured round tin ,cut a cross on top ,bake in moderate
oven 60c approx for 45minutes.

When baked place on wire tray to cool

N.B.   DO NOT sieve brown flour.