Nutmeg Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 4 oz butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 cups flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 egg white, stiffly beaten

Method

1. 1 Cream butter and sugar in a warm bowl until light and frothy.
2. 2 Add egg yolks and beat well for ten minutes.
3. 3 Add flour, baking powder, milk, and nutmeg; beat hard for fifteen minutes.
4. 4 Carefully fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
5. 5 Pour into a prepared pan and bake in a slow oven (300°F) for 60 minutes.