From the family collection
Pound Cake
A dense, buttery classic that keeps for days.
Download recipe PDFWhat you need
Servings not specified in the family recipe.
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 sticks real butter
- ½ cup Crisco
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups cake flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp lemon extract
How to make it
- Let ingredients come to room temperature.
- Cream sugar, butter, and Crisco until light.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
- Sift flour, adding baking powder to last cup.
- Add flour alternately with milk.
- Beat well, add extracts.
- Put in greased and floured tube pan.
- START IN COLD OVEN.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour 15 min.
- Do not open oven door while baking!