Martha's Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 5 lb. butter (2 sticks)
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tsp. lemon
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 cups sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and shortening with sugar.

2. 2

   Add lemon and vanilla extract.

3. 3

   Add eggs, one at a time and blend thoroughly.

4. 4

   Sift flour, baking powder and salt together three times.

5. 5

   Add milk and flour to creamed mixture, a little at a time.

6. 6

   Pour into a greased and floured tube pan.

7. 7

   Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour, then at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until 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.

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 3 cups cake flour 1 . 1 5 tsp. baking powder 4 tsp. salt + cup cocoa l tsp. vanilla Cream butter, cricso and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add flour and other ingredients; mix. Bake 1 hour and 25 minutes at 325 degrees. Mrs. Julia Snow MARTHA'S POUND CAKE 5 lb. butter ( 2 sticks) + cup shortening 1 tsp. lemon 2tsp. vanilla 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 $ cups sifted flour + tsp. baking powder ; tsp. salt 14 cups sweet milk Cream butter and shortening with sugar. Add lemon and vanilla extract. Add eggs, one ata time and blend thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together three times. Add milk and flour to creamed mixture, a little at a time. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees for l hour, then at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. Mrs. Everett Duggins 70 a coy CAKES SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE 2 sticks butter, soft (or oleo) 3 cups sugar 1 cup sour Men 6 eggs 3 "cups sifted. flour + tsp. soda l tsp. vanilla or lemon extract or 4 tsp. almond flavoring if desired Sift flour and measure. Resift twice with soda. Set aside. Cream butter and add sugar slowly, beating constantly to cream well. Add eggs, one at atime, beating well after each addition. Stir in dairy sour cream. Add flour mixture, $ cup at a time, beating well and constantly. Stir in lemon extract and turn batter into well-greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake in moderate oven 325 degrees for about 1 $ hours or until cake is done. Place pan on rack to cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto rack to cool completely. Mrs. Virginia Snyder WHIPPED CREAM POUND CAKE + lb. butter or margarine 6 eggs 3 cups sugar l tsp. vanilla 3 cups plain flour, sifted twice 1tsp. lemon + pint whipping cream/( do not whip) Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one ata time. Add whipping cream alternately with flour. Add flavoring. Bake l + hours in a 325 degree oven. Start in a cold oven. Mrs. Thomas E. Gibson CAKES BANANA POUND CAKE 1 cup shortening

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