Golden pound cake - sl 11/90

1 x 10\" cake

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter/ margarine; softened
½cupShortening
3cupsSugar
5eachesEggs
2⅔cupAll-purpose flour
½teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
1cupMilk
1teaspoonVanilla extract
½teaspoonLemon extract

Directions

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended. Stir in flavorings.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-inch Bundt pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Yield: one 10-inch cake.

Note: to determine the size of a Bundt pan, measure the amount of water it holds.

From Ann M. Johnston of South Carolina; November, 1990"Southern Living" Typos by Jeff Pruett.

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 11-30-95