Pound Cake
From The universal cookery book, 1887
Presented as published in 1887. 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 universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Pound Cake. One pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter, one of flour, nine eggs ; a piece of sal-volatile the size of a pea
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