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7 egg pound cake (very easy)

jammjenks
By: jammjenks
Posted 08/31/09 • Last updated 05/14/08 • 554 views • 6 comments

Posted by jammjenks

This recipe was a combined effort by my aunt and grandmother and handed down to me. It is easy and very versitle. It makes a firm cake that is great for carving, layering, or just for single layers. It is not recommended that you double this recipe.

7 egg pound cake (very easy)

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups shortening 3 cups sugar 7 eggs 3 cups all purpose flour 1 cup milk 2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

  1. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour. Vanilla goes in last. Bake at 325 until it tests done.
  2. This pound cake takes a while to bake because it is quite dense. I have found that an 11X15 pan holds two runs of this batter and bakes in 1 hr 20 min.
  3. You can alter the flavor by simply substituting some or all of the vanilla flavoring with the flavor of your choice.

Comments (6)

justkist 12/23/09 at 7:02pm
I have never made pound cake but need one good for carving so yours caught my eye. Can I ask, do pound cakes rise? How high do I fill the pans?
DianeLynn31 2/2/10 at 7:43pm
pound cakes don't rise much, so you can be generous when filling your pan
Babasuesue 2/5/10 at 2:12am
Can you add more than one recipe or batch to fill up a large cake pan?
newbienz 2/16/10 at 1:21am
Hi Jammjenks! Sounds like a great recipe, do you have to use shortening (i.e. white vegetable shortening) or can (and do) you use butter? Does it make much difference?
danni73 2/2/11 at 4:31pm
Can I use butter instead of the shortening??
missdebbietr 2/17/11 at 8:37pm
Same question as danni73 :-)
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