I want to say it's a type of clothing based on it saying "<span>an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade."</span>
Answer:
1 cup of butter
2 cups of white sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
4 eggs
3 teaspoons of baking powder
3 cups of flou (any flour works)
1 cup of milk
1 pinch of salt
bake for 35-40 minutes
and you have your cake
(dont forget to add frosting)
this is a vinlla cake