Pound Cake

Name: Pound Cake
Yield: Makes 1 loaf cake
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon ground mace; ¼ cup liquid (either milk; orange juice plus 1 teaspoon grated orange rind; brandy; sherry; or dark rum); ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅔ cup cake flour; 3 eggs, at room temperature; Optional: Confectioners’ sugar (for sprinkling on top); 1½ sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¾ cup all-purpose flour; ¾ cup granulated sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1
loaf cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

About

The cellophane-wrapped cake slices that have been around forever on lunch counters and snack-food racks are the illegitimate heirs of a simple, noble pound cake with a fine grain and melting texture. Recipe herewith.

Ingredients

1½ sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
⅔ cup cake flour

Cake
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 4- to 5-cup loaf pan.
Cream the butter till light and smooth; sift in the flours, salt, and mace, beating.