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THE BEST POUND CAKE



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This is a wonderfully moist pound cake. I have tried countless recipes, but this one is without a doubt THE BEST!

Provided by RBLAIR

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup margarine
½ cup shortening
3 cups white sugar
5 eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup self-rising flour
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon lemon extract
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Don't preheat oven. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Sift together the all purpose flour and self-rising flour; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Alternately beat in the flour mixture and the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Finally, stir in the lemon extract and vanilla.
  • Pour batter into a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Place cake in cool oven and set oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 498.2 calories, Carbohydrate 65.2 g, Cholesterol 75.7 mg, Fat 23.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 227.9 mg, Sugar 44.8 g

THE VERY BEST POUND CAKE



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I found this recipe in a church cookbook around 15 years ago and have been making it since. I never even thought about trying another pound cake recipe because I just don't think it gets any better than this. Make sure that you sift the flour into a measuring cup to total 4 cups. In other words; sift before measuring. I really don't know how much difference it would make but that's the way the recipe was written. And it is all purpose flour. The recipe in the cookbook didn't state what kind of flour so the first time I made it I used self rising. It rose beautifully and looked so pretty. For about a minute and a half. It fairly quickly deflated into a not so pretty mess.

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Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 1 cake, 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour (Sift flour into measuring cup to total 4 cups)
1 lb unsalted butter, softened (4 sticks)
10 large eggs
3 cups sugar

Steps:

  • Cream flour and butter together until smooth. I do this part in my stand mixer.
  • Beat eggs and sugar together until lemon colored and frothy, I do this part with my hand held mixer.
  • Add egg and sugar mixture to flour and butter mixture and mix until smooth and creamy.
  • Place batter into a greased and floured 10" tube cake pan. Tap the bottom of the pan on a counter top a couple of times to get rid of any air bubbles.
  • Bake @ 300° for 1 ½ hours or until tests done with toothpick.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.3, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 15.6, Cholesterol 193.2, Sodium 47.5, Carbohydrate 61.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 37.8, Protein 7.4

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