SC - Re: Menu for the Feast of St. Valentine

[Huette von Ahrens]

I keep meaning to post my pound cake recipe, but I
keep forgetting to bring it with me to work.  I have
one that I consider close to period, but I have no
actual documentation.  It is flavored with mace
instead of vanilla.

Huette

- --- Jo Marie Friedel <jazzi at alltel.net> wrote:
> Huette is indeed my "source", while reading here a
> month or so ago she
> posted about "Castle cakes" and I borrowed from her
> experience.  I
> pretty much followed her instructions except on a
> smaller scale.  I used
> boxed pound cake mix in the essence of time and a
> whipped icing sans
> candy decorations, so the whole thing looked rather
> like a cloud in the
> shape of a castle.  The raspberry preserves just
> sounded like a good
> filling with all that cake and icing.  If I were to
> do it again, I think
> I'd like to try pound cake from scratch and instead
> of vanilla would use
> almond extract.  Incidentally, I was told that pound
> cake might not be
> that far off as a period cake and I will be looking
> for
> documentation....
>     I have saved the entire message that Huette had
> posted and would be
> happy to repost if anyone wants it.
>         Tygre Marie
> 

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