Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — Pound Cake. [ARTICLE]

Pound Cake.

Cream a half cupful of butter, add one and a, half cupfuls of pastry flour once sifted. Beat the yolks of five eggs until thick, add one and a half cupfuls of powdered sugar, gradually, beating, constantly. ’Combine the mixtures and add the whites of five eggs beaten stiff, and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Sift over one teaspoonful of baking powder and beat thoroughly. Turn into a buttered, loured pan, and bakein a moderate oven. Remove from the pan, and cut in fancy shapes. Cover with boiled frosting, garnish with shredded cocoanut, fruit or rose leaves.