Photograph by T. Mike Fletcher
Pound Cake
2 sticks butter
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tablespoons vanilla
1 cup cake flour
1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup 40 percent cream
Spray tube pan very well. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 3 at a time along with vanilla.
Sift the flours and salt together. Add alternately with cream, starting and ending with flour.
Pour into tube pan. Place in a COLD oven. Set the oven for 275 degrees. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes until golden brown on top or until tester comes out clean. Cool 15 to 20 minutes. Release from pan.
Strawberry Lemon Sauce
3 cups sliced strawberries
2 tablespoonslemon juice
Grated lemon rind from ½ lemon
1/3 to ½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon pepper, optional
Combine all together in a mixing bowl about 1 hour before serving. Let rest at room temperature.
By Helen Fletcher, The Ardent Cook
