Fruit Pound Cake

Name: Fruit Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 5 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1/8 teaspoon mace; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup seedless raisin; 1/3 cup cherries, from a jar, chopped; 1/4 cup orange rind, grated; 1/4 lemon, rind of, grated; 1/4 cup nuts, chopped

12 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon mace
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup seedless raisin
1/3 cup cherries, from a jar, chopped
1/4 cup orange rind, grated
1/4 lemon, rind of, grated
1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Directions

1

Cream shortening and sugar together.
2

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
3

Add flour, salt, mace. Mix again.
4

Add vanilla and beat. Add remaining ingredients and mix very well.
5

Bake in a greased loaf pan for 60 -80 minutes with the oven temp set at 350*.
6

**NOTE: To make a basic pound cake, the use above recipe, OMITTING the fruit and follow directions for baking/preparing.**.