Pound Cake

4 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 cups butter

2 1/2 cups sugar

2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. ground mace

8 eggs

1/2 cup milk Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter for 10 minutes until very soft and fluffy. Add sugar, (2 tbs.'s at a time) creaming after each addition. Blend in vanilla and mace. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat after each addition until smooth. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.


Orange Butter Glaze:
2 tbs. orange juice
1 tbs. milk

1 tbs. softened butter

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp. grated orange rind
Combine all ingredients. Beat until smooth and fluffy. Frost cake.

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