Pound Cake

Name: Pound Cake
Ingredients: 2 sticks butter; 1/2 c. Crisco; 5 or 6 eggs; 3 c. granulated sugar; 3/4 to 1 c. milk; 3 c. unsifted Swans Down cake flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. sherry, almond or lemon extract; 1 tsp. vanilla extract

10 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
1/2 c. Crisco
5 or 6 eggs
3 c. granulated sugar
3/4 to 1 c. milk
3 c. unsifted Swans Down cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sherry, almond or lemon extract
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

1

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together 3 times.
2

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar with electric mixer.
3

Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each one.
4

Then, by hand, add one cup of flour mixture to creamed mixture and follow with small amount of milk.
5

Repeat and finish with adding flour.
6

Put in 10-inch greased and floured tube pan.
7

Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 20 to 25 minutes.
8

Test for doneness with a straw.