crystal pound cake

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85 Pinches
Socorro, NM
Updated on Apr 21, 2011

Another of my grandmother's recipes. From when pound cakes were literally made from a pound of every thing.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 20 Min
method ---
yield 16-24 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening, butter flavor
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 - eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

How To Make crystal pound cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10X4 tube pan or a 12 cup bunt pan with shortening, ( sides bottom and tube); flour.
  • Step 2
    Mix flour, soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.
  • Step 3
    In large separate bowel cream together shortening and sugar with pastry blender until coarse crumbs are formed. Beat in eggs, (one at a time), and vanilla at low speed with an electric mixer. Beat on high speed for 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
  • Step 4
    Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk at low speed, (begin and end with the flour mixture), just until combined. Spread into pan.
  • Step 5
    Bake 70 to 80 minutes, or toothpick comes out clean. Invert immediately onto wire rack and cool 20 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

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