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PLAIN  POUND  CAKE
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PLAIN POUND CAKE

5 ingredients 7 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

276
Calories
14g
Protein
13g
Fat
25g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoonful of ^ lb
  • 4 cup of milk
  • 1 scant teaspoonful of va- $4 r>« of sugar
  • 1 rounding teaspoonful of 5 eggs
  • 5 eggs

Directions

1

j4 lb. of butter; 1 scant teaspoonful of va-

2

$4 R>« of sugar; nilla;

3

1 tablespoonful of ^ lb. of flour;

4

whisky; 1 rounding teaspoonful of

5

5 eggs; baking powder;

6

}4 cup of milk.

7

Beat the eggs together until light. Cream the butter and sugar; add the milk and flour; beat thor- oughly. Add the eggs last and the baking powder mixed with a little of the flour; flavor. Bake in an old-fashioned pound cake pan in a very slow oven for one hour. Let stand in the pan for fifteen min- utes before turning out.

By Colville, Jessie Henderson. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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