Pound Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of butter
• 1 pound of flour
• 1 pound of powdered sugar
• 10 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter until soft as cream.

2. 2

   Sift the flour and add it alternately with the sugar and beaten whites of the eggs.

3. 3

   Beat all well together and flavor with lemon, nutmeg, and a tablespoon of French brandy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors (1907) by Maude A. Bomberger, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pounds of flour, and 5 pounds of fruit. Add to this \ ounce of mace, a nutmeg, \ pint of wine, and some French brandy. Five and one- quarter hours will bake it. Mrs. Washington, Mount Vernon. AUDLEY Nellie Custis — what a household name it is in Old Virginia! Through the kindness of her great-granddaughter, Miss Marie Stewart Lewis, of " Buena Vista," a famous old recipe belonging to her grandmother, Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis, is given. Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis was the daughter-in-law of Nellie Custis, Miss Marie Stewart Lewis is of distinguished Virginia an- cestry. Her father, Colonel John Redmon Coxe Lewis, was the son of Lorenzo Lewis and Esther Maria Coxe Lewis, who, as Miss Esther Coxe of Philadelphia, was a recognized belle of her day. She was descended from John Redmon Coxe, who was one of the com- mittee appointed by Queen Elizabeth to revise the Episcopal Prayer-Book. Lorenzo Lewis was the son of Nellie Custis and Major Law- rence Lewis, who was the son of Colonel Fielding Lewis and Bettie Washington of Kenmore, who was the sister of General Washington. Colonel Lewis had many pleasant memories 16 Audley 17 of his distinguished grandmother, beautiful Nellie Custis. Among them was one that he often told, one that reads like a little poem; how she kept a little trundlebed under her bed, when he was a little boy, and she would pull it out herself and tuck him in it whenever he got sleepy. And when Nellie Custis fell asleep for the last time at Audley, the old Lewis home, which was a perfect treasure trove of Washington heirlooms from Mount Vernon, where there are traditions attached to every corner, it was this favorite grandson, Colonel John Redmon Coxe Lewis, who car- ried her body to Mount Vernon to rest among kindred dust in that hallowed spot. Colonel John Redmon Coxe Lewis was an officer in the old navy, and was with Commo- dore Perry when he opened the Port of Japan, but when war was declared between the States he resigned from the navy, and became an officer in the Confederate Army, where he served with distinction throughout the war. Colonel Lewis married Miss Maria Byrd Free- land of Richmond, who was a toast and belle of that city before the war. In " A Diary from Dixie," Mrs. Chestnut's fragrant little 1 8 Audley book of those rose-and-lavender-scented days, we read much of this famous belle. Among other things there is a description of her wed- ding-, which was a brilliant event. MUFFIN LOAF {Audley) Four eggs ; beat whites and yolks sepa- rately; i large spoonful of butter rubbed into i quart of flour; \ pint yeast, i cup of warm milk. Set to rise at 12 o'clock M. for tea. Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis, (Who married the son of Nellie Custis and Lawrence Lewis, nephew of Washington.) HAREWOOD Colonel Samuel Washington, the eldest full brother of General George Washington, built the homestead of Harewood, which is said to have been modeled after an old Washington mansion in England. He died at the age of 47, having been married five times. His vari- ous wives were Jane Champe, Mildred Thorn- ton, Lucy Chapman, Annie Steptoe, and Suzannah Perrine. General George Steptoe Washington, son of the fourth Mrs. Washington, was one of the five nephews whom General Washington named as his executors and to whom he left his swords. He married Lucy Payne, a sister of the beautiful Dolly Madison. Harewood has sheltered many illustrious guests, among them the Marquis de Lafay- ette and James Madison, and it was in this stately old mansion that Dolly Payne became the wife of James Madison, Father of the Con- stitution, and twice President of the United States. The Colonial mantelpiece in the drawing- 19 20 Harewood room at Harewood was a gift to the Washing- ton family from Lafayette. Through the courtesy of Miss Christine Washington, of Harewood, the great-great- granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Washing- ton, these favorite old recipes from Harewood and also from Blakeley are given. POUND CAKE {Harewood) One pound of butter rubbed until it is soft as cream, i pound of flower sifted, I pound of powdered sugar, 10 eggs

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.