Pound Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of sugar
• one pound of flour
• three-quarters of a pound of butter
• nine eggs
• one teaspoonful of baking powder
• one of lemon extract
• one nutmeg grated

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, and add half the flour, sifting the baking powder with the other half.

2. 2

   Beat the yolks to a creamy foam, and add; then the sugar, beating hard.

3. 3

   Have the whites a stiff froth, and stir in, adding flavoring and remainder of flour.

4. 4

   Bake in one large loaf for one hour, letting the oven be moderate.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The easiest way in housekeeping and cooking (1881) by Helen Stuart Campbell, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pound Cake. One pound of sugar ; one pound of flour ; three-quarters of a pound of butter ; nine eggs ; one teaspoonful of baking powder, and one of lemon extract ; one nutmeg grated

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