Ingredients
#223 GENOA POUND CAKE
1 pound of sugar
1 pound of butter
15 eggs
1 1/2 pounds of flour
the grated rind of one lemon
the juice of half a lemon
flavor of mace
a pinch of soda
Decoration
sugar
strip of lemon peel
# 224 PLAIN GENOA POUND CAKE
1 1/2 pounds of sugar
1 pound of butter
10 eggs
2 pounds of flour
1 1/2 ounces of baking powder
lemon flavor
milk
Directions
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Sift the soda well in the flour.
Cream same as for other pound cakes, adding the lemon juice and flavor, and mix in the flour. A little milk may
be added if needed.
Bake like pound cakes; or in small pans, dusted with sugar and with a strip of lemon peel on top.
224. PLAIN GENOA POUND CAKE
One and one-half pounds of sugar, one pound
of butter, ten eggs, two pounds of flour, one and
one-half ounces of baking powder, lemon flavor,
milk to mix.
Mix same as for Pound Cake.
This mixture may be used for a stock mixture to make a variety of other cakes, making the mixture rather slack at the start and changing the ingredients, adding more eggs or flour.
Notes
The recipe in this entry was taken from "Paul Richard's Pastry Book." It was published by John Willy Inc. in 1907. For the complete copyright-free cookbook visit www.archive.org.... Photo: Mary Melfi. |
