Almond Mace Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 4 oz butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 3 ½ cups flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp almond extract
• ½ tsp mace
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 7 egg yolks (for Golden Cake variation)

Method

1. 1 Cream 4 oz butter and 1 ½ cups sugar until light and frothy.
2. 2 Mix in 1 cup milk, 3 ½ cups flour, 4 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp almond extract, and ½ tsp mace.
3. 3 Beat the mixture for five minutes to blend thoroughly.
4. 4 Cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of five eggs.
5. 5 Pour batter into prepared pans, filling corners and leaving a slight depression in the center.
6. 6 Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) for one hour until golden and set.
7. 7 Cool on a wire rack before coating with plain water icing.