Mom's White Pound Cake
3 3/4 cups cake flour -- sifted 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 3/4 cups butter -- (NO substitutes) 2 cups sugar 1 1/4 cups egg whites -- unbeaten (10-12 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla ...
Ingredients
- 33/4 cups cake flour -- sifted
- 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 13/4 cups butter -- (no substitutes)
- 2cups sugar
- 11/4 cups egg whites -- unbeaten (10-12 eggs
- 1/2teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/4teaspoonalmond extract
Directions
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3 3/4 cups cake flour -- sifted 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 3/4 cups butter -- (NO substitutes) 2 cups sugar 1 1/4 cups egg whites -- un
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Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy
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Add egg whites, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition
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Add flavoring and beat vigorously
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Turn into two loaf pans 9x5x3 inches, which have been greased, lined with heavy paper and again greased
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Bake in slow over (275 degrees F) 40 minutes
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then increase heat lightly (325 degrees F) and bake 40 minutes
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Source: The Latest Cake Secrets, General Foods Corporation, New York, 1934, pp