This is my Mom’s recipe from about 1930. It rises high in the tube pan, is moist, and smells heavenly baking.
Old Fashioned Pound Cake II
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 3 cups white sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon extract
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.
2 In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
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