my mama's pound cake

Name: My Mama's Pound Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter (2 sticks, softened to room temperature); 1 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 5 - eggs (room temperature); - juice of one lemon; - grated rind of one lemon; 2 cup(s) flour

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Carol Davis

Silver City, NM

Updated on Feb 12, 2014

My Mom almost took this fabulous recipe to the grave with her. Going through some old boxes from college, I found this jotted down in one of my notebooks. It was a recipe she recited over the phone to me when I was 17, and in college. I was so glad to find it and glad it's not lost forever.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 8-12 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks, softened to room temperature)
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 - eggs (room temperature)
- juice of one lemon
- grated rind of one lemon
2 cups flour

How To Make my mama's pound cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 or 350 degrees.

Step 2

In a mixing bowl (or stand up mixer) cream butter. Gradually cream in sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
Step 3

Toss in lemon peel and juice, blend well. Gradually add flour, mix well.
Step 4

Pour into a well greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Step 5

Allow to cool in pan on a rack about 15 minutes. Invert onto rack and allow to cool completely.
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