Early American Corn Meal Pound Cake

== Description ==
=== 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 white 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
== Directions ==
# Thoroughly cream butter and Sugar until fluffy.
# Beat in the eggs, one at a time .
# Sift together the flour, baking powder, and corn meal.
# Blend by hand the dry ingredients into the batter alternately with the brandy and vanilla.
# Pour into a greased shallow cake pan.
# Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours.
# Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
# Invert on a cake rack and strip of the wax paper.
 
== See also ==
Category:American Desserts
Category:Apple brandy Recipes
Category:Brandy Recipes
Category:Corn Recipes
Category:Cornmeal Recipes
Category:Dessert Recipes
Category:Pastry flour Recipes