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Ingredients
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
With a mixer, cream butter and shortening together. Add sugar, a little at a time. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl and add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with the flour and ending with the flour. Mix in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
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By mstowerdrivr1
on May 14, 2013
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i found that if you don't bake it the suggested length of time the inside is not quite done even though the tooth pick came out clean and it is hard to remove from the pan. the next time i will bake it the suggested times. it was delicious however.
By PaulaDFan
on April 29, 2013
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I made this pound cake today. And y'all, it's pure divine!
By MoBlackwood
on April 25, 2013
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Not a traditional pound cake. It was a delicious cake, but I could tell I had too much batter for a traditional tube pan. I used about 3/4 of the batter in my pan and it came out moist and golden brown after about 75 minutes. Next time I will probably reduce the amount of sugar.
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