POUND CAKES

High-class cookery made easy · Hart, J., Mrs. · 1880
Source
High-class cookery made easy
Time
Cook: 75 min Total: 75 min
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (7)
  1. Place the butter in a basin, and warm it in cold weather before the fire.
  2. Then beat with the hand.
  3. Have the eight eggs broken in a basin, and drop one at a time till the eight are added.
  4. Have a tin hoop lined with buttered paper.
  5. add one pound of sifted flour.
  6. Currants or raisins or lemon-peel can be added.
  7. Bake for one hour and a-quarter, in not too hot an oven.
Original Text
POUND CAKES. Take one pound of butter, one pound of sugar, eight eggs, a few drops of lemon. Place the butter in a basin, and warm it in cold weather before the fire. Then beat with the hand. Have the eight eggs broken in a basin, and drop one at a time till the eight are added. Have a tin hoop lined with buttered paper; add one pound of sifted flour. Currants or raisins or lemon-peel can be added. Bake for one hour and a-quarter, in not too hot an oven.
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