861. Pound Cakes

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

one pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pound of powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
a little grated nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
eight eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pound and a quarter of sifted flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]

Instructions (4)

Put one pound of butter into an earthen pan with a pound of powdered sugar, and a little grated nutmeg, beat them well together with the hand until forming a smooth lightish cream
add by degrees eight eggs, beating it ten minutes after
add a pound and a quarter of sifted flour, stir it in lightly
put the mixture into hoops to bake

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

861. Pound Cakes.—Put one pound of butter into an earthen pan with a pound of powdered sugar, and a little grated nutmeg, beat them well together with the hand until forming a smooth lightish cream, when add by degrees eight eggs, beating it ten minutes after, when add a pound and a quarter of sifted flour, stir it in lightly, and put the mixture into hoops to bake.

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