Spice Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, cut into pieces
1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (or 1 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
Grease and flour 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Sift flour.
Resift flour (flour is sifted twice) with baking powder and salt.
Set aside.
Combine next six ingredients (sugar- allspice) in large bowl.
Beat on high speed for 5 minutes or until light.
Reduce mixer speed to medium and add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with milk.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick test comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto cooling rack.