Mom's Pound Cake
Cream: 2/3 cup butter 1 1/4 cup sugar Add and stir in: 1 tsp lemon peel or vanilla (or both!) 1 T. lemon juice if using lemon peel 2/3 cup milk or cream Sift together and add: 2 1/4 cups cake flour 1 1/4 tsp salt Beat 2 minutes Add 3 eggs, one at a time, beating one minute each plus one minute longer. Bake in 9x5" loaf pan at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until cake tests done (Insert a clean toothpick in the center and pull it out. If it comes out clean, with no crumbs or uncooked batter, the cake is done.) Slice when cool; glaze or dust with powdered sugar if desired. Generally, this needs no toppings or frosting. It probably won't last long enough to need them! or Click Here |