Honey Pound Cake

Ingredients

• Sugar, 1 cup
• Powdered cardamom seed, ½ teaspoon
• Honey, ½ cup
• Orange-flower water, ¼ teaspoon
• Butter, 1 cup
• Soda, ½ teaspoon
• Pastry flour, 2 cups
• 4 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Rub together the butter and sugar and add the honey.

2. 2

   Add the well-beaten yolks of eggs.

3. 3

   Finally, add the egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth, and the orange-flower water.

4. 4

   Gradually add the flour, sifted with the soda and cardamom seed.

5. 5

   Beat the mixture for 10 minutes.

6. 6

   Put the dough into a warm tin with high sides and bake for one hour in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Use and preparation of food (1919) by United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education., page 103. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HONEY POUND CAKE. A good pound cake can be made by using equal weights of honey, sugar, eggs, flour, and butter, A little soda should be added because of the acidity of the honey, and a good flavoring is cardamom seed and orange-flower water. Or a cake similar to pound cake may be made as follows : Sugar, 1 cup. Powdered cardamom seed, i teaspoon. Honey, | cup. Orange-flower water, ^ teaspoon. Butter, 1 cup. Soda, i teaspoon. Pastry flour, 2 cups. 4 eggs

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