Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter, room temperature
• 8 eggs
• 1 lb sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or other citrus)
• 1 lb flour, sifted
• icing (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter.
• 2 add a pound of eggs (typically 8 or 9 eggs), the sifted sugar, almond flavoring, and lemon juice.
• 3 cream until smooth.
• 4 my grandmother's recipe said to beat for 1/2 hour.
• 5 if you are using an electric mixer, adjust accordingly.
• 6 gradually add the flour and mix well.
• 7 pre-heat oven to 300.
• 8 fill a lightly greased form 3/4 of the way.
• 9 loaf pans work well, as do mini-loafs or cup-cakes.
• 10 for loafs, check for doneness with knife-test at 90 minutes.
• 11 mini-loafs and cup-cakes will finish sooner.
• 12 i like this pound cake plain, or with a light dusting of confectioners' sugar.
• 13 alternately, you can apply a thin coat of icing.