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      Title: Little House Pound Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
      2 c  Unsalted butter
      2 c  Granulated sugar
      8 lg Eggs
      1 pn Salt; generous
    1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
    1/2 ts Ground mace
      4 c  All-purpose flour;
           - unbleached, sifted
 
  At least an hour beforehand, set out eggs and butter to warm to room
  temperature.  Preheat oven to 350 F.
  
  In large bowl cream butter with wooden spoon until fluffy.  Gradually
  work in the sugar by pressing the spoon against the bowl; blend until
  no longer grainy.
  
  Break egg into saucer; unless it is bad, put in smaller bowl.  Repeat
  for remaining eggs.  Add the salt.  Beat eggs with a fork until
  light-colored and foamy, about 5 minutes.  Add nutmeg and mace to
  eggs.
  
  Stir eggs gradually into sugar-butter mixture.  Beat flour in
  gradually, stirring only long enough to blend all ingredients.
  The finished batter will be quite stiff.
  
  Smooth batter into ungreased tube pan.  Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes;
  reduce temperature to 325 F and bake 30 minutes more.  When toothpick
  poked in center comes out dry and edges pull away from pan, remove
  from oven and cool.  Turn cake out and serve.
  
  Recipe by The Little House Cookbook
  
  From: Dawn
 
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