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Pound Cakes, Assorted Kinds

From Cooking for profit, 1886

Serves 11

Can be baked in various forms for different types of cakes.

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 225. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pound Cakes, Assorted Kinds. 4 cups sugar — light weight of 2 pounds. 4 small cups butter — i^ pounds. 20 eggs. 8 rounded cups flour

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