6 FLAVOR POUND CAKE

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This is my adaptation of an old recipe submitted by Josephine Parmley to a collection of recipes put together from viewers of a morning television show named "Country Boy Eddie Show," which aired in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1957-1995. I found the cookbook in a yard sale, and I use it often. The original recipe called for "sweet"...

Provided by Sammie Cockrell

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 stick butter, softened
1/2 c vegetable shortening
3 c sugar
1 c milk
6 eggs
3 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp lemon extract
1 tsp coconut extract
1 tsp rum extract
1 tsp butter flavoring
1 tsp almond extract

Steps:

  • 1. Grease and flour tube or bundt pan, and preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • 2. Cream butter and shortening together.
  • 3. Add sugar and mix well.
  • 4. Add milk and mix well.
  • 5. Add eggs one at a time.
  • 6. Sift flour and baking powder together then add to mixture about a cup at a time, mixing in after each addition. Add flavorings, mix.
  • 7. Pour into prepared pans. Bake about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, till toothpick comes out clean and the top is nicely browned.
  • 8. Loosen cake using a plastic knife and flip out onto a plate then flip back onto a cooling rack so that the top of the cake retains the nice crunch.

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