Lighter Pound Cake

Recipe Ingredients

2 1/4 cups	140g / 4.9oz	Flour - all-purpose
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Mace - ground
1/2 cup	118ml	Margarine - corn oil
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
3		Egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Vanilla extract
3/4 cup	177ml	Buttermilk

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mace. Mix well and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar together until smooth. Add egg whites and vanilla; blend until smooth.

Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to batter in two additions each, blending well after each addition.

Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour.

Let cake cool before slicing.

This was a first place winner in the pound cake division at the Del Mar county fair, 1993. Jo Anne Merrill

Source:
Jo Anne Merrill

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