Civil War Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 9 whole eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• lemon, rind of, grated
• nutmeg, grated
• 1/2 cup brandy

Recipe

• 1 mix the butter and sugar together well and beat in the eggs.
• 2 sift the flour and salt together; mix in to the butter mixture until thoroughly blended.
• 3 add the lemon peel, nutmeg, and brandy, mix well and pour into two small buttered loaf pans or one large one.
• 4 bake in a moderate oven (350f) for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.