Pound Cake, No. 2 Recipe

Ingredients for Pound Cake, No. 2

• 1 lb. sugar
• 1 lb. butter
• 14 oz. flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 10 eggs
• 1 lemon, grated rind and½ the juice, if large

Instructions

1. No. 2 Recipe, Soda the size of a pea, dissolved in 1 tablespoon of cold water.
2. Beat eggs separately and very thoroughly, adding whites last, folding them in carefully.
3. Citron or other fruit may be added, making yellow fruit cake.