Best Miracle Pound Cake Recipes

Miracle Pound Cake image

Provided by ann hugo

Categories Dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 -2 cup butter (salted or unsalted)
1/2 cup Crisco
3 cups sugar
4 eggs (large or medium or small)
3 cups Soft Silk flour or 3 cups Swans Down cake flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring (or of your choice)

Steps:

First with mixer cream until fluffy butter, Crisco, sugar, eggs.
Now with wooden spoon add flour and milk to mixture mixing a little at a time alternating until mixture is smooth add vanilla.
Lightly spray a tube pan or an angel food cake pan.
Pour batter into pan.
Shake pan to smooth batter even.
Place in a cold oven.
Set temperature at 300°F degrees.
Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
Insert toothpick--when inserted comes out dry cake is done check at 1 1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 886, Fat 52.6, SaturatedFat 26.6, Cholesterol 228, Sodium 284.5, Carbohydrate 102.2, Sugar 100.2, Protein 5.8

Mother's Miracle Pound Cake image

Provided by DuEnne Anderson @CountryCookinChik

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup(s) shortening, (crisco is preferred brand)
2 stick(s) unsalted butter
3 cup(s) granulated sugar
4 - eggs
1 cup(s) buttermilk
3 cup(s) cake flour (swan's down is preferred)
1 teaspoon(s) lemon flavoring
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla flavoring

Steps:

Cream margarine and Crisco together. Add sugar & cream together. Add eggs one at a time, then add milk, flour and flavoring.
Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
Set oven to 325 degrees. Do NOT preheat oven. Bake approximately 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. This is a "crusty" yet very moist cake. Enjoy!