Is there a good recipe for pound cake?
POUND CAKE 1 lb. butter 10 egg whites 1 lb. sugar 1 lb. flour 10 egg yolks 1/2 teaspoon mace 2 tbsp. brandy, rum, lemon or vanilla flavoring Have the eggs at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking. When eggs are at room temperature, break and separate eggs cleanly into two bowls, one for yolks and one for whites. In a separate bowl, cream the butter, adding sugar gradually while beating; then add yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon colored, whites of eggs beaten until stiff and dry, flour, mace, and brandy, rum or vanilla. Beat vigorously for 2 or 3 minutes at medium speed, until cake batter forms ribbons when the beater is lifted up from bowl. Bake in a deep loaf pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325°F; or if to be used to cut out in little cake shapes for decorating, bake thirty to thirty five minutes in a shallow pan. Test cake by inserting a wooden toothpick into the center 3/4 through the baking time; cake is done if toothpick comes out clean.
