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Pound cake
Traditional Italian Pound Cake (using vegetable oil, flour, sugar and eggs)
Originated from: Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy
Occasion: Wedding and other special events
Contributed by: Rita and Olga Palazzo (their mother's recipe)

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Ingredients

8 "large-sized" eggs
10 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder

Confectioners' sugar for dusting



Directions

Beat eggs and sugar together until creamy.

Add oil, flour and baking powder.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for fifty minutes or until cake is done.

Cool.

Dust with sugar before serving.


Notes

Photo: Mary Melfi.

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