Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cup sugar
• 14 pound butter
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• vanilla or lemon flavoring

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Add eggs and flour alternately.

3. 3

   Beat well.

4. 4

   Add vanilla.

5. 5

   Bake at 325 degrees for approximately one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Waldensian cookery (1957), page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POUND CAKE OR WHOLE WHEAT Y% pound butter 2 cups brown sugar pinch of salt 5 eggs 2 cups whole wheat flour grated rind of 1 orange Cream butter. Gradually add brown sugar and salt, and cream together un- til fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add sifted flour, grated rind of orange. Bake in loaf pan at 325 degrees for one hour. —Miss Isabel Dalmas FUDGE BAR CAKE 2 ounces chocolate dissolved in % cup boiling water 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1% teaspoon soda Y% cup Spry Y, cup sweet milk plus juice of % lemon. 1% teaspoon vanilla 1 egg unbeaten Pour boiling water over chocolate and stir until melted. Cool. Sift flour, sugar, salt and soda into chocolate mixture, drop in Spry, add milk, vanilla and egg. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Makes one 9-inch layer. Fudge Icing: 1 stick butter 2 squares chocolate 1 box brown sugar 2/3 cup canned milk 14 teaspoon salt Boil one minute or until it forms soft ball in cold water. Beat until right con- sistency to spread. —Mrs. J. B. Weaver PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE 1% cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 8 pineapple slices Mix melted butter with brown sugar in heavy skillet. Arrange pineapple slices in pan. Place cherries in center or nuts if desired. 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 5 tablespoons pineapple juice 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Blend beaten egg yolks, sugar and pineapple juice. Sift in flour and baking powder, Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour batter over fruit in pan and bake about 45 minutes until even brown. —Mrs. Mary M. Garrou POUND CAKE 1 box confectioner’s sugar 1 box cake flour (measure in sugar box) 1% teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon lemon juice or almond 3 sticks margarine (at room tem- perature) Cream sugar and margarine. Add one egg at a time. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Stir in flour. Grease and flour 9 inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour 20 minutes. —Floread Buff POUND CAKE 1 2/3 cup sugar 14 pound butter 5 eggs 2 cups flour vanilla or lemon flavoring

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