Carol's Christmas Cherry Pound Cake

Name: Carol's Christmas Cherry Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 16 - 20
Cuisine: UK/Ireland
Ingredients: 1/2 lb 2 sticks butter plus more for pan; 1/2 c butter shortening; 3 c sugar; 5 eggs; 3 c all purpose flour plus more for pan; 1/2 tsp fine salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 c milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 375 ml jar of maraschino cherries

By Carol Donald
@oldiesgal

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:

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Serves:

16 - 20

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

1 Hr 30 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

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1/2 lb

2 sticks butter plus more for pan
1/2 c

butter shortening
3 c

sugar
5

eggs
3 c

all purpose flour plus more for pan
1/2 tsp

fine salt
1/2 tsp

baking powder
1 c

milk
1 tsp

vanilla extract
375 ml

jar of maraschino cherries

How to Make Carol's Christmas Cherry Pound Cake

Step-by-Step

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

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