mamma's pound cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Renee Griffith
Lutz, FL

My grandma (Mamma) made this cake every holiday in the year and I wanted to skip the dinner to eat it! It's the best pound cake you have ever tasted!

(1 rating)
yield 6 to 8
prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For mamma's pound cake

  • 1/2 lb
    butter
  • 1 Tbsp
    crisco shortening
  • 2 c
    cake flour
  • 6
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract or lemon extract
  • 2 c
    sugar

How To Make mamma's pound cake

  • 1
    Cream butter and sugar and add eggs, one at a time.
  • 2
    Add vanilla and a dash of salt.
  • 3
    Slowly add flour. Bake in well greased and floured loaf pans ( use crisco for this) at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Test if needed and cook a little longer if not done.

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