Pound Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

Pound Cake

Recipe By : The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cake Cakes
Dessert Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 Pound Butter
1 2/3 Cups Sugar
5 Eggs
2 Cups Cake flour
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Vanilla, or 1/2 Teaspoon Mace

Preheat oven to 325F. Butter and flour a 9x5 loaf pan. Cream the
butter, slowly add the sugar, and beat until light. Add the eggs, one
at a time, beating each in well. Stir in the flour, salt, and vanilla
or mace, and combine well. Spoon into the pan and bake for 1 1/4- 1
1/2 hours, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for
5 minutes before turning out onto a rack. Serve very thin slices.

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