Best Grandmas Butternut Pound Cake Recipes

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour and salt. Set aside.
• Combine the evaporated milk and whole milk; Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the butternut flavoring. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix shortening, and sugar together and beat with mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time beating after each.
• Add baking power,and salt, and beat.
• Add flavoring and beat.
• Alternate the flour and milk and beat after each addition.
• Place in a greased bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• Don't over cook. Insert broom straw into center and if it comes out clean, cake is done.
• Should be able to dump onto a plate in 5-10 minutes.
• Serve plain, or with a sprinkle of confectioners sugar.

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 8x4 inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. After removing them from the oven, immediately loosen cake edges with a knife. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans. Strip off the parchment paper and cool completely on wire racks.

VANILLA BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN, must start in COLD oven.
• Cream shortening, butter, sugar and salt.
• Add eggs, one at a time.
• Add flour and milk alternating small amounts of each.
• Fold in flavoring by hand.
• Bake in greased tube pan for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 325*.
• DO NOT open oven door while baking.
• Remove from pan immediately.

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Gradually add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a bundt or tube cake pan.
• Cream together the sugar and Shortening until it is smooth.
• add 1 egg at a time, mixing well between each one.
• sift the 2 cups of cake flour with the 1/2 cup self rising flour.
• alternate adding the flour and milk (add a little flour, mix, add a little milk, mix, flour, mix, milk, mix, etc.).
• finally, add the butternut flavoring.
• mix well.
• pout into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour.

GRANDMA'S BUTTERNUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in order (butter, flavoring, sugar, cream cheese, then pecans).
• Mix well.
• Use to frost pound cake or bake cake in 3 layers and frost the butternut pound cake.