nana's pound cake

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81 Pinches
Callahan, FL
Updated on Feb 22, 2011

This was my Nana's pound cake recipe. If we were lucky there would be some left to have toasted with butter.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min
method ---
yield

Ingredients

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 4 - eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 cups cake flour unsifted

How To Make nana's pound cake

  • Step 1
    Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and cream together. Add eggs one at a time. Mix thoroughly after each egg. Add milk, flour and flavorings. Mix together.
  • Step 2
    Set oven at 300 degrees, do not preheat oven. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Step 3
    You can substitute margine for butter but tastes better with real butter.
  • Step 4
    My daughter and Nana always use a bunt pan. A couple of loaf pans would work also.

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