A Pound Cake

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Beat a pound of butter in an earthen pan till it is like a fine thick cream.
  2. Beat up the yolks of twelve eggs with half the whites, and mix them with the butter, with a pound of sugar, and a few carraways.
  3. Work the whole well together, either with your hand or a wooden spoon.
  4. Put it into a buttered pan, and bake it for one hour in a quick oven.
Original Text
A Pound Cake. BEAT a pound of butter in an earthen pan till it is like a fine thick cream; then beat up the yolks of twelve eggs with half the whites, and mix them with the butter, with a pound of sugar, and a few carraways. Work the whole well together, either with your hand or a wooden spoon. Put it into a buttered pan, and bake it for one hour in a quick oven.
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