Original Pound Cake from 1700s England

• 1 lb sugar (2 cups)
• 1 lb butter, room temp.
• 1 lb flour, sifted with salt ((4 cups before sifting)
• 1 dozen egg (12-10 depends how hen is laying today!)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated

1. Preheat oven 325 degrees.
2. In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
3. Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
4. Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
5. Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
6. Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
7. Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.