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This is the awesome Great-Grandmother Pownall recipe– ca.
1849 California Gold Rush. There is a museum in Columbia, California
which features lots of history of this family. Her husband was a
judge and I don’t think they ever mined any gold, because
they had something more valuable; water rights. So all the miners
had to pay them for water to sluice their ore. Her wedding dress
and jewelry are on display there.
1⁄2 pound butter
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups flour, tamped down
1⁄2 cup milk
2 level teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Ingredients are best at room temperature. Bake in angel tin or 2
loaf tins.
300º - 325º approximately 1 hour.
-my grandmother’s
grandmother |
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