Beat hard for fifteen minutes and then carefully fold in the stiffly beaten white of an egg and then pour into a prepared pan and bake for sixty minutes in slow oven.
A LARGE POUND CAKE
One and one-half cupfuls of sugar,
Eight ounces of shortening.
Cream together until light and fluffy and then add
Yolks of six eggs,
Five cupfuls of sifted flour,
Three level teaspoons of baking powder,
One and one-half cupfuls of milk,
One teaspoonful of mace.