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Pound Cake

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 5

Line the tin with buttered paper.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 346. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pound Cake. — One pound of butter, one pound and a quarter of flour, one pound of pounded loaf-sugar, one pound of currants, nine eggs, two ounces of candied peel, half an ounce of citron, half an ounce of sweet almonds; when liked, a little pounded mace

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