Carol's Christmas Cherry Pound Cake
By
Carol Donald
@oldiesgal
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My family love this cake and I usually have to hide this until Christmas. It is a moist pound cake. The butter shortening really adds flavour to this rich pound cake
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Comments:
Serves:
16 - 20
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
1 Hr 30 Min
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
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1/2 lb2 sticks butter plus more for pan
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1/2 cbutter shortening
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3 csugar
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5eggs
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3 call purpose flour plus more for pan
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1/2 tspfine salt
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 cmilk
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1 tspvanilla extract
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375 mljar of maraschino cherries
How to Make Carol's Christmas Cherry Pound Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cream butter and shortening together
Add sugar a little at a time
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each one
Add dry ingrediants alternately with milk
Add the vanilla
Cut the cherries in half and coat with flour then stir into the batter
Cut a circle of parchment for the bottom of the pan.Grease and dust with flour the pan.
Pour into a springform pan
Bake for 1 to 1/2 hours until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
