Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter
• 1 ^ cups of flour
• 1 cup of eggs
• 1 J^ cups of sugar
• 1 tbsp. of brandy
• 1 teasp. of vanilla
• 2 drops of the oil of nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add flour.

2. 2

   Beat eggs with sugar until light and lemon colored.

3. 3

   Combine with butter and flour mixture, beat for 20 minutes.

4. 4

   Flavor with brandy, vanilla, and nutmeg.

5. 5

   Bake in a bread tin for 1 hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from One hundred picnic suggestions (1915) by Linda Hull Larned, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pound Cake Cream 1 cup of butter, add 1 ^ cups of flour. Beat 1 cup of eggs with 1 J^ cups of sugar until very light and lemon color. Add this to the butter and flour mixture and beat 20 minutes, flavor with 1 tbsp. of brandy, 1 teasp. of vanilla, and 2 drops of the oil of nutmeg

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