Grandmother Moody's Pound Cake

1 cup butter or margarine
1 3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 scant nutmeg
1 cup of eggs (about 5)

Cream sugar into butter, add eggs 1 at a time alternately with flour.  Add nutmeg to last part of flour, add vanilla.  Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees or until done in center.

Scant, don't you just love how they use to use cooking terms like that?  I actually have a set of measuring spoons my mother gave me that have the measurements of dash, pinch and smidgen.  I suppose scant falls somewhere between dash and pinch or a sqoash more than smidgen. I have to say that this is by far the most appropriate recipe to start off from the "little tin box".  Her pound cake was infamous!  She use to make these and bring one with her when she came to our house to visit.  It is so buttery and nutmeggy, soft on the inside and had this incredible crust on the outside that I am sorry to report cannot be achieved by anyone else in the family but her.  We can come close, but not like Grandmother use to make.  I'll probably eat half of this cake by tomorrow.  It's good with coffee, hot tea, water, air, etc.  You can't go wrong.  A true comfort food!

Note:  If you haven't read about my Grandmother, keep reading the next post!