Original Pound Cake from 1700's England

Ingredients

• 1 lb sugar (2 cups)
• 1 lb butter, room temp.
• 1 lb flour, sifted with salt ((4 cups before sifting)
• 1 dozen egg (12-10 depends how hen is laying today!)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven 325 degrees.

2. 2

   In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.

4. 4

   Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.

5. 5

   Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.

6. 6

   Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.

7. 7

   Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.