POUND CAKE, No. 1.
364. One pound of flour,
One pound of sugar,
One pound and a quarter of butter,
Ten eggs,
One nutmeg grated,
One wine-glass of rose-water.
Beat the butter and sugar together; when it is perfectly light stir in the eggs, which must have been whisked to a thick froth; add the flour, then the nutmeg and rose-water. Beat the whole for a quarter of an hour. Butter your pan, line it with paper, which should be well buttered, and pour in the mixture. Bake it for three hours in a moderate oven. When the edges of the cake appear to shrink from the sides of the pan the cake will be done.