nana's pound cake

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Recipe by
Buzz Provost
Callahan, FL

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

(1 rating)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients For nana's pound cake

  • 3 c
    sugar
  • 2 stick
    butter
  • 1/4 c
    vegetable shortening
  • 4
    eggs
  • 1 c
    milk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp
    almond extract
  • 3 c
    cake flour unsifted

How To Make nana's pound cake

  • 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.
  • 2
    Set oven at 300 degrees, do not preheat oven. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes
  • 3
    You can substitute margine for butter but tastes better with real butter.
  • 4
    My daughter and Nana always use a bunt pan. A couple of loaf pans would work also.

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