Plain Pound Cake Recipe

Half-a-pound of fresh butter, three eggs, one pound of Vienna flour, one

pound of castor sugar, a quarter of a pound of almonds cut small,

half-a-pound of currants, three ounces of candied peel, a few drops of

essence of ratafia.



Beat the butter to a cream, from left to right, and mix in the sugar

gradually. Beat the eggs up, and mix them with half-a-pint of new milk;

stir into the butter; then add the flour; and, last of all, the fruit.

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