Civil War Pound Cake

Name: Civil War Pound Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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

Submitted by Zaney1

"This is an adopted recipe.I will post an intro after I make it."

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photo by Culinary Creationist

Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 12

ingredients

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

directions

Mix the butter and sugar together well and beat in the eggs.
Sift the flour and salt together; mix in to the butter mixture until thoroughly blended.
Add the lemon peel, nutmeg, and brandy, mix well and pour into two small buttered loaf pans or one large one.
Bake in a moderate oven (350F) for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.

Questions & Replies

Would the recipe change too much if I did not add the grated lemon rind? Would it taste weird? Just wondering because I would like to do this for school, and I don't think my classmates would like it with lemon. (I'm in middle school so people are a little picky and I don't want to get made fun of if to other people it taste weird)

mhronec23

Reviews

It was very good. I didn't have brandy, so I ended up adding 7Up to it. It was nice and moist and just the right density. I made a simple glaze with milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar, and put it on right after I got it out of the oven. Then I served it with some kiwi slices and a cherry, which complemented it perfectly. Very, very good.

Culinary Creationist
It is a great recipe.We tried it for our dessert one night and it came out great thanks for recipe *Z*

Chef Codeman55
I took the name seriously and made this pound cake to take to a Civil War reenactment we participated in recently. It turned out great--a nice dense texture like old fashioned pound cakes should have. I never have brandy in my house so I used apple juice instead. Also, I left out the nutmeg and added a teaspoon of vanilla. This cake kept well. Because I have a thing about bugs, we "farbed" out a little and used a large zip lock bag to store it in. I am fairly sure in the old days it would have been wrapped in cloth.

hardtack.n.lace
Made this a couple of weeks ago for my dad's birthday and it was a hit! Not one crumb left! Thanks Zaney!

Lily C.

Tweaks

I took the name seriously and made this pound cake to take to a Civil War reenactment we participated in recently. It turned out great--a nice dense texture like old fashioned pound cakes should have. I never have brandy in my house so I used apple juice instead. Also, I left out the nutmeg and added a teaspoon of vanilla. This cake kept well. Because I have a thing about bugs, we "farbed" out a little and used a large zip lock bag to store it in. I am fairly sure in the old days it would have been wrapped in cloth.

hardtack.n.lace