Scant pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, ten eggs, one small teaspoonful of baking powder, one nutmeg. Rub the butter and sugar (best pulverized), to a cream, beat the yolks of the eggs light, add to the butter and sugar, stir well, then half the flour alternately with the well beaten whites of the eggs. Beat lastly with the hand in a stroke motion to aerate the batter. Bake in a slow oven.

Mrs. O. J. Lorimer.

Pound Cake

One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, ten eggs, or yolks of 20, half of a nutmeg, half teacupful of sour cream, half teaspoonful of soda. Flavor. Bake one and a half hours. Mrs. E. B. Irvin.

White Pound Cake

One pound of sugar, one scant pound of flour, half pound of butter, whites of 18 eggs, one teaspoonful of baking powder, sifted thoroughly with the flour, flavor. Put in slow oven with gradual increase of heat in covered pan; remove cover from pan 10 or 15 minutes before taking from the oven.

Blanche McKinney.