| Pound Cake
4 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 cups butter
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. ground mace
8 eggs
1/2 cup milk or Buttermilk
Method:
Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter for 10 minutes until very soft and
fluffy. Add sugar, (2 tbs.'s at a time) creaming after each addition. Blend in vanilla and
mace. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture
alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat
after each addition until smooth. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes or on till toothpick
is clear
Orange Butter Glaze:
2 tbs. orange juice
1 tbs. Heavy Cream
1 tbs. softened butter
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. grated orange rind
Combine all ingredients. Beat until smooth and fluffy.
Frost cake.
|
|