Old Fashioned Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 cups sifted flour
• 1 lb. butter
• 10 eggs
• 1/4 t-spoon baking powder
• 1 t-spoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly.

2. 2

   Do not break yolks, but add 1 at the time alternately with flour (sifted several times with baking powder) until well mixed.

3. 3

   Add well beaten whites last.

4. 4

   Bake in slow oven for about 2 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE. 21/2 cups sugar. 4 cups sifted flour. 1 lb. butter. 10 eggs. 14 t-spoon baking powder. 1 t-spoon salt. Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly. Do not break yolks, but add 1 at the time alternately with flour (sifted several times with baking powder) until well mixed. Add well beaten whites last. Bake in slow oven for about 2 hours. Mrs. F. R. Lane. POUND CAKE. 1 cup butter. 2 scant cups sifted flour. 1 cup sugar. 1 level t-spoon baking powder. 5 eggs. 1 t-spoon vanilla. Cream butter well, add sugar slowly, beating thoroughly. Add whole egg, alternately with flour which has been sifted with baking powder; add flavoring. Bake in a moderate oven about 1 hour. Mrs. R. L. Mason. CREAM LAYER CAKE. 1 cup granulated sugar. 2 t-spoon Royal baking pow- 1 cup butter. der. 6 large or seven small eggs. Vanilla or lemon flavoring to 2 l^ cups sifted flour. taste. Cream butter and sugar together, add well beaten yolks of eggs, stir well, sift flour with baking powder three times, then add to the mixture, and stir in beaten whites gently. Flavor and pour into layer tins. Bake in a moderate oven. FILLING. 1 cup granulated sugar. 1/2 cup evaporated milk. 1/4 cup butter. Dissolve all together and cook over a moderate fire until it sheets from the spoon. Spread between layers and on top of the cake. Mrs. J. C. Gentry. PINEAPPLE CAKE. % cup butter. 5 eggs. 2 cups sugar. 1 level t-spoon Royal 1 cup milk. baking powder. 3 cups sifted flour. i/^ t-spoon vanilla. 106 ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB COOK BOOK Cream together butter and sugar until very light, add eggs 2 at a time, beating 5 minutes between each addition. Add alter- nately milk and flour, adding baking powder to the last flour. Then add vanilla. Bake in layer tins in moderately hot oven. When cooled put the layers together with boiled icing. On top of each layer of icing put a layer of pineapple. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the pineapple. Mrs. Simon Weill. LANE CAKE. (Original.) 8 egg whites. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup milk. 3 t-spoons baking powder, 31/4 cups sifted flour. 1 tbls. vanilla. 1 cup butter. Add baking powder to flour and sift three times. Cream butter and sugar gradually until very light. Add alternately milk and flour. Lastly, fold in well beaten whites with flavoring. Pour in tube pan and bake in moderate oven for loaf cake, or bake in layers. | H FILLING. 7 egg yolks. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup seeded raisins. 1/2 cup butter. 1 wine glass wine. 1 cup English walnut meats. 1 t-spoon vanilla. Cream butter and sugar ; add well beaten egg yolks. Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly until quite thick. Remove from fire and while hot add raisins and walnuts chopped. Lastly, add wine and vanilla. Mrs. W. C. Lane, Roanoke, Ala. DELICIOUS CAKE. 3 cups sifted flour. 3 t-spoons baking powder. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter. 1 cup milk. 1 t-spoon vanilla. Whites 8 eggs. 2 squares chocolate. Cream together butter and sugar, add milk and vanilla, alter- nating with sifted dry ingredients. Fold in egg whites, adding last the melted chocolate. Bake in moderate oven. FILLING. 1 pt. milk. 1 tbls. butter. 2 eggs. Vi cup corn starch. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup nut meats. Flavor as desired. Mix corn starch and sugar with a little cold milk, add slightly beaten eggs. Heat rest of milk and add to first mixture. Cook in double boiler until thick, adding butter while hot. When cool add flavoring and nuts, spread on layers. Mrs. Nellie Singleton. CAKES, COOKIES AND ICINGS 107 FUDGE CAKE. 1/2 cup melted butter. 2 eggs well beaten. 3 squares unsweetened choco- 1/2 cup flour, late or 6 tbls. cocoa. 1 tbls vanilla. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup nut meats. Beat together in above order and bake in biscuit pans three- fourths inch thick. Mrs. J. P. Snelgrove. MOCHA CAKE. 2 eggs. 1 t-spoon vanilla. 1 cup sugar. 14 cup hot milk. 1 cup sifted flour. 1 t-spoon butter. 11/4 t-spoons baking powder

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