FOOD + ENTERTAINING
OLDE ENGLISH POUND CAKE
Yield: one 10-inch cake
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium
speed with an electric mixer. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine flour and baking powder;
add to creamed mixture alternately
with milk, beginning and ending with
flour mixture. Mix until just blended
after each addition. Stir in flavorings.
Pour batter into a greased and floured
10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees
for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a
wooden pick inserted in center comes
out clean. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes;
remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
SUMMER 2016
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