Eight ounces of creamery butter,
Two cupfuls of sugar.

Cream together until frothy and like snow, and then add, one at a
time, six eggs, then add

Five cupfuls of sifted flour,
Two level tablespoonfuls baking powder,
One cupful of seeded raisins,
One cupful of currants,
One cupful of finely chopped citron,
One and one-quarter cups of milk,
One cupful of finely chopped nuts.

Beat to mix and then bake in a slow oven in a prepared pan one and
one-half hours. To prepare the pan, grease and flour the pan and then
line it with greased and floured paper.


WHITE POUND CAKE

Four ounces of butter,
One and one-half cups of sugar.

Cream until light and frothy, and then add

One cupful of milk,
Three and one-half cupfuls of flour,
Four teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
One teaspoonful of almond extract,