Pound Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• one pound of butter
• one pound of sugar
• eight eggs
• one wineglassful of brandy
• one saltspoonful of salt
• rind of two lemons

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs until light.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, mix sugar and butter to a cream.

3. 3

   Stir in flour and beaten eggs alternately until well combined.

4. 4

   Add lemon rind, salt, and brandy, mixing thoroughly.

5. 5

   Grease a cake tin, pour in the batter, and bake in a moderate oven for one hour and three quarters.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cooking (1880) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One pound of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of sugar, eight eggs, one wineglassful of brandy, one saltspoonful of salt, rind of two lemons

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