3 from-scratch traditional pound cake recipes (1920) - Click Americana

3 from-scratch traditional pound cake recipes (1920) - Click Americana

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The traditional pound cake recipe got its name from the measurements of some ingredients used in the recipe -- a pound of butter, a pound of sugar and a pound of flour. More than a century ago, the...

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Ingredients

  • Four ounces of butter
  • One and one-half cups of sugar
  • One cupful of milk
  • Three and one-half cupfuls of flour
  • Four teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • One teaspoonful of almond extract
  • One-half teaspoonful of mace
  • The stiffly beaten whites of five eggs

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