Original Pound Cake From 1700's England

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 lb sugar (2 cups)
• 1 lb butter, room temp.
• 1 lb flour, sifted with salt ((4 cups before sifting)
• 1 dozen egg (12-10 depends how hen is laying today!)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 325 degrees.
• 2 in mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• 3 add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
• 4 gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
• 5 add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
• 6 pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
• 7 bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; til toothpick in center comes out clean.