Recipes from our hearth

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift dry ingredients three times, add alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Fold in egg whites. Bake in a greased loaf pan about an hour at 350 degrees. Mrs. Everett Duggins FAVORITE POUND CAKE (IRENE'S; 6 eggs 2 sticks margarine + cup shortening 3 cups sugar 3 cups sifted flour l cup sweet milk + tsp. baking powder pinch of salt l tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. lemon Cream margarine, sugar and shortening. Add vanilla and lemon- blend well. Add eggs, one at a time- beating after each. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately to mixture with milk. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake 1 hour and 30 minutes at 325 degrees. Glaze with Pound Cake Glaze. POUND CAKE GLAZE 3 tbsp. evaporated milk 2 tbsp. margarine (Heat in sauce pan- do not boil) Have ready: 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar 3 tbsp. lemon juice Remove sauce pan from heat and add sugar and juice. Beat until smooth and pour over top of cake. Mrs. Phillip Fishel, Jr. GRACE'S SMALL POUND CAKE 2 sticks margarine 2 cups sugar 2 cups sifted flour 5 eggs ltsp. vanilla 1 tsp.lemon extract l tsp. baking powder (optional) SC SETS tt PsP reerntnnncsrattencnmn Cream margarine and sugar thoroughly. Add unbeaten eggs, one ata time. Add flour which has been sifted twice. Mix at slow speed until smooth. Add flavoring near end of mixing. Place in cold oven and set to bake at 325 degrees for l hour or more as needed. (For special diets, omit the baking powder. Mrs. O. V. Byerly COLD OVEN POUND CAKE 2 sticks whipped margarine + cup crisco 3 cups white sugar 4 eggs 3 cups cake flour l cup sweet milk ltsp. vanilla l tsp. lemon Beat margarine and crisco, add sugar and cream together. Add eggs, one atatime. Add flour alternately with milk, then vanilla and lemon flavoring. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Place in a cold oven and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and $ hour longer at 350 degrees. ** Add 3 tbsp. cocoa to flour for a Chocolate Pourd Cake. Miss Ila Brewer POUND CAKE (50 year old recipe) 3 cups sugar 3 cups flour 6 eggs l cup butter (2 sticks) + cup margarine (1 stick) ltsp. baking powder dash of salt 1} tsp. vanilla 14 tsp. lemon 1 cup milk Have butter and eggs at room temperature. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition. Add baking powder and salt to flour. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add flavoring. Pour into large tube pan. START IN COLD OVEN. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes at 350 degrees. (Do not open oven door during this time). Cool about 15 minutes before removing from pan. *x* Add 3 to 4 heaping tbsp. cocoa to dry ingredients and omit lemon flavoring for a Chocolate Pound Cake. Mrs. Norman Highfill FAVORITE POUND CAKE 6 eggs + lb. country butter + cup shortening or margarine 3 cups sugar ltsp. vanilla extract ltsp. almond extract 3 cups sifted plain flour + tsp. baking powder pinch of salt l cup sweet milk Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and almond extract and blend well. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue beating after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add alternately to creamed mixture with milk. Pour into a greased and floured large tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Mrs. Louie Dull POUND CAKE 2 sticks butter $ cup crisco 3 level cups white sugar 5 large eggs 3 cups flour (unsifted) 5 tsp. baking powder 1 cup milk 2tsp. vanilla l tsp. lemon I tsp. orange pinch of salt Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add flavorings and blend well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each one. To creamed mixture, add dry ingredients alternately with milk, ending with flour. Into