Called pound cake because originally these types of ingredients were measured by the pound, not cups.

Mace gives the cake a distinctive flavor. It is a reddish brown spice with a subtle taste (not the mace spray used by policemen).

3 ½ cups (1 Ib) flour

1 ½ tsp salt

½ tsp mace

2 cups (1 Ib) butter

2 ¼ cups (1 Ib) sugar

1 ½ tsp vanilla

10 (1 Ib) eggs

Mix all ingredients and bake in greased, paper lined loaf pans. When cakes are cooled, put in plastic bag and store refrigerate for 24 hours. Slice and serve with fruit, yankee hard sauce, chocolate pudding or other topping.