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Mother Graham’s Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 sticks butter (1 1/2 cups)
2 cups granulated sugar
8 large eggs
3 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/8 – 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon mace (or flavoring of your choice) Note: Mace is similar to nutmeg.
1/2 pint heavy whipping cream
Mother’s Cake Topping:
2 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Juice of two lemons (add enough water to make a cup.)
Shredded coconut
Directions:
Directions:
Cake: Cream butter (at room temperature) and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat mixture thoroughly.
Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Gradually add to batter, mixing well. Add mace and blend thoroughly. Then, slowly add heavy cream and stir in well, but don’t beat.
Pour batter into a large (10-inch) well-greased and floured tube pan and bake in slow oven (325 degrees) for 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes—or until cake tests are done.
Icing:
Mix flour and sugar together in a saucepan. Add lemon water and cook until thick. Spread topping over cake and sprinkle coconut on top while warm.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Billy Graham is the 9th cousin to Lee Bob Strawn.
Relation of Charles William Strawn to William Franklin Graham: 9th cousin
Here's how:
1. Robert L. Strawn is the father of Charles William Strawn
2. William Jasper Strawn is the father of Robert L. Strawn
3. Susan Strawn (Stroughn, Strong, Stroughan) is the mother of William Jasper Strawn
4. Mary Polley Drake is the mother of Susan Strawn (Stroughn, Strong, Stroughan)
5. Joseph Graham is the father of Mary Polley Drake
6. Richard Graham is the father of Joseph Graham
7. James Stuart Graham is the father of Richard Graham
8. James Graham is the father of James Stuart Graham
9. John Graham is the father of James Graham
10. Jane Alexander is a sister of John Graham
11. William Alexander is a son of Jane Alexander
12. Andrew Alexander is a son of William Alexander
13. Colonel Elias Alexander is a son of Andrew Alexander
14. Ezra Alexander is a son of Colonel Elias Alexander
15. Augustus Alexander is a son of Ezra Alexander
16. Eliza Agnes Alexander is a daughter of Augustus Alexander
17. Benjamin Morrow Coffey is a son of Eliza Agnes Alexander
18. Morrow Coffey is a daughter of Benjamin Morrow Coffey
19. William Franklin Graham is a son of Morrow Coffey

 

 

 

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