Granny Whitburn’s pound cake

Indispensable to the serious tea table, nothing really surpasses a good pound cake. Even when it is surrounded by all manner of cream confections and pâtisserie, it still appeals to the appetite. Perhaps it is because of a well-founded expectation that it will taste just as we remember it; that the texture will be just as firm as it should be, that the moisture will be exactly in the right proportion. There will be no unpleasant surprises. Too often, the eye is seduced and the appeti