Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• ™% cup lemon juice
• 44% cups cake flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 cup butter
• 10 well beaten egg yolks
• 10 beaten egg whites
• 2 t. nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening and sugar; add egg yolks and lemon juice; beat thoroughly.

2. 2

   Fold in egg whites; sift dry ingredients and mix well.

3. 3

   Bake in waxed paper lined 5% by 10% inch loaf pan in moderate oven 90 minutes.

4. 4

   For small pound cake cut ingredients in half.

5. 5

   Bake 75 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pound cakes. Mrs. J. M. Nichols Cricket Club POUND CAKE 3 cups cake flour 2 t. baking powder 1 t. flavoring 2 cups sugar “ cup butter 1 cup milk 3 eggs Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and sift 3 times. Cream su- gar and butter. Add eggs unbeaten one at a time and beat until light. Add flavoring; add flour and milk al- ternately until all is used. For loaf cake cook very..slowly for 45 minutes. Mrs. Earl Baker Cricket Club POUND CAKE 1 cup shortening 2 cups sugar ™% cup lemon juice 44% cups cake flour 1 t. baking powder 1 cup butter 10 well beaten egg yolks 10 beaten egg whites Te tees ale 2 t. nutmeg

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