6 eggs, beaten light and the yolks strained. 2 cups of sugar, 3/4 cup of butter.

2 1/2 cups prepared flour, or enough to make poundcake batter. With some brands you may need 3 cups. 1/2 pound citron cut in thin shreds. Juice of an orange and 1 teaspoonful grated peel.

Cream butter and sugar; add the yolks, the whites and flour by turns, the orange, and lastly, the citron, dredged with flour. Beat all up hard, and bake in two loaves.