Pound Cake With Brandy& Lemon Cream

Ingredients

some kind of icing instead
1 lb buffer
3 c powdered sugar
3 c all purpose flour
8 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 c brandy
1/2 ts saffron threads
3/8 c sugar
1/4 c lemon juice
4 tb butter
1 g zest of one lemon

Instructions

ring pan for about 50 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then on cooling rack. LEMON CREAM: Steep saffron in lemon juice for 20 minutes. Whisk eggs and sugar, then add juice. Switch to non-wooden utensil and cook cream in top of double boiler until thick. Incorporate butter and cool before using. From "Wild About Saffron++A Contemporary Guide to an Ancient Spice", by Ellen Szita. Published by Saffron Rose, 28 John Glenn Circle, Daly City, Ca., 94105. 1987.