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Pound Cake (Ten eggs one pound of sugar)

Ten eggs, one pound of sugar, one pound of butter, one pound of flour ; flavour with lemon ; beat the butter and sugar together, then add the yolks well beaten, after them the whites; beat to a stiff froth, then add flour. Half & pound of figs and same of almonds sliced makes it very nice.

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