Half Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• Y teaspoon mace
• 1% cups flour
• 5 eggs
• ¥4 teaspoon baking powder
• Y% teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter thoroughly, add flour, baking powder, and mace sifted together previously.

2. 2

   Beat well.

3. 3

   Select five eggs of uniform size and beat separately.

4. 4

   When yolks are thick and lemon colored add sugar.

5. 5

   Combine mixtures, beating continuously.

6. 6

   Beat whites of eggs until stiff and dry, then fold into other mixture.

7. 7

   Contrary to usual method, when egg whites are added, continue beating until mixture resembles thick hard sauce.

8. 8

   Bake in moderate oven (325°).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HALF POUND CAKE 1 cup butter Y teaspoon mace 1% cups flour 5 eggs ¥4 teaspoon baking powder 143 cups sugar Y% teaspoon vanilla

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