Mrs Beeton's Traditional Pound Cake
This cake is called a pound cake because of the ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1lb Flour
- 1lb Butter
- 1lb Caster Sugar
- 1lb Currants
- 2oz Candied Peel
- ½oz Lemon Peel
- ½oz Sweet Almonds - blanched and chopped
- 9 Eggs
- Ground Mace (optional)
Method
- Cream the butter.
- Sift in the flour.
- Add the sugar, currants, candied peel, and almonds, and mix together well.
- Whisk the eggs separately and blend thoroughly with the dry ingredients.
- Beat the cake well for 20 minutes.
- Put into a round tin, lined at the bottom and sides with a strip of buttered paper.
- Bake it for 1½ to 2 hours and in a well heated oven.
Definitions
To beat: To thoroughly combine ingredients and incorporate air with a rapid, circular motion. This may be done with a wooden spoon, wire whisk, rotary eggbeater, electric mixer or food processor.
To cream: To mix fats and sugar together until creamy in appearance.
To dissolve: To mix dry ingredient with liquid until in solution.
To mix: To beat or stir foods together until they are combined.
'To sift : To put dry ingredients such as flour or sugar through a sifter or mesh screen to loosen particles and incorporate air.
