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Pound Cake

From The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book, 1907

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book (1907) by Marian B. Sexton, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POUND CAKE. Mrs. Janie Pebbles. Ten whole, eggs, one pound flour, one pound pul- verized sugar, three-quarters pound butter, a little grated nutmeg. Cream the butter and sugar and nut- meg. Separate the eggs, beat the yellows light, add to butter and sugar, then part of the flour, then part ot the beaten whites, then the rest of the flour and the whites. Bake two hours in a moderate oven. POUND CAKE. Four eggs, beaten separately, one cup of sugar, three-fourths of butter, one tablespoon sweet milk, one teaspoon baking powder, one and three-fourths cups of flour
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