Early American Cornmeal Pound Cake

Total Time: 90 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 90 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups sifted pastry flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup sifted cornmeal
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (or 1/4 teaspoon prepared ground nutmeg)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons brandy, preferably apple brandy

Recipe

• 1 thoroughly cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• 2 beat in the eggs, one at a time (an electric mixer may be used for these first two steps).
• 3 sift together the flour, baking powder, and cornmeal; combine spices with flour mixture.
• 4 blend by hand the dry ingredients into the batter alternately with the brandy and vanilla.
• 5 pour into a greased shallow cake pan, 8-inches square or 10-inches by 6-inches, the pan lined with wax paper.
• 6 bake at 325°f for 1 1/2 hours.
• 7 remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• 8 invert on a cake rack and strip of the wax paper.
• 9 serve and enjoy--and prepare to serve second helpings!