Favorite Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1/2 lb. country butter
• 1/2 cup shortening or margarine
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 3 cups sifted plain flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. 2

   Add vanilla and almond extract and blend well.

3. 3

   Add eggs, one at a time, and continue beating after each addition.

4. 4

   Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add alternately to creamed mixture with milk.

5. 5

   Pour into a greased and floured large tube pan.

6. 6

   Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until cake tests done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes from our hearth (1960) by N.C.) Advent Moravian Church (Winston-Salem, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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 contin- ue 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 68 CAKES 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 a large tube pan which has been greased and floured well, pour cake mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven for lhour and 15 minutes. Mrs. Henry Crotts POUND CAKE 3 cups flour 5 eggs 2 sticks margarine 2 4 cups sugar + cup crisco or fluffo 1 cup milk l tsp. baking powder l tsp. vanilla ltsp. lemon Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one atatime. Sift flour and baking powder. Add flour and milk alternately. Add flavorings. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325 degrees. Mrs. Julia Snow 69 CAKES MAE'S CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE + cup butter or margarine 3 cups sugar + cup crisco 5 eggs l cup sweet milk

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