Mom's Simple Half-Pound Cake

½ lb butter (soften)

6 oz sugar

4 eggs

1.5 cups flour

2 tb spoon baking powder

⅓ cup milk

mixed essence (optional)

grated orange rind (optional

cream butter and sugar

add eggs one at a time

add some essence and grated orange rind (takes the freshness out of the egg)

add flour a little at a time (don't beaet for too long, just make sure all the ingredients are well mixed)

add the baking poweder and fold it in with a wooden spoon

fold in milk

take some soft butter and rub it inside the cake pan the nthen sprinkle some dry flour all around it so the cake doesn't stick when it's finished

bake at 350 for 35 mins (you will see the cake looking loose around the pan)

stick a thin knife down in the center and if it's finished it will come out clean

don't overcook or else it will come out dry

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