Lowney’s – Pound Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 pound butter (454g)
  • 1 pound sugar (454g)
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 pound flour (454g)
  • ¼ cup wine (120ml)
  • ¼ cup brandy (60ml)
  • few gratings nutmeg

Method

  1. Cream butter; add flour.
  2. When well blended, add yolks of eggs beaten until thick, then sugar with nutmeg, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and wine and brandy.
  3. Bake in loaves or small cakes.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

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