Original Pound Cake from 1700’s England

Original Pound Cake from 1700's England
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Ingredients:
1 lb sugar ( 2 cups)
1 lb butter, room temp.
1 lb flour, sifted with salt ( (4 cups before sifting)
1 dozen eggs ( 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:
Preheat oven 325 degrees.
In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.

Servings: 20-24

Time preparation: 40 min.

Time total: 115 min.

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