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Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound of butter
• 1 pound of sugar
• 1 pound of flour (sifted)
• 10 eggs (beaten separately)
• 1/2 teacup of rose water
• 1 nutmeg (grated)
• 1 pound of citron

Instructions

Wash the citron; chop it fine. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the rose water and nutmeg, then the yolks of eggs, and part of the flour; then the whites of eggs and remainder of the flour; lastly, the fruit, lightly floured. Bake in a moderate oven about two or two and one-half hours. Line the pan with white paper.

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Notes

Attributed to Mrs. U. F. Seffner.

Source

Recipes Tried and True (1894).