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A Good Pound Cake

A Good Pound Cake

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 499 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup (or 2 sticks) butter, salted, room temperature
  • ½ cup shortening (Crisco used)
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 6 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature and shaken (can substitute whole milk)
  • extra shortening to grease the pan

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 300°F. Thoroughly coat a large tube pan with shortening, then dust with flour. Set aside.
  • Sift the flour. Set aside.
  • Beat the butter and shortening with a mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat well.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating just until incorporated into the butter mixture.
  • Alternate adding the flour and buttermilk together, beginning and ending with the flour. Do not overbeat.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Ran a knife through the batter and then tap the pan on the counter a few times to settle the batter.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Check the cake after 55 minutes. If it is getting too brown on top, spray cooking spray on one side of a sheet of aluminum foil. Add the sheet to the top of the pan with the sprayed side facing the cake pan.
  • Let the cake cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes. Then turn it out onto cake plate.

Notes

You can cut 12-16 slices from this cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 499kcalCarbohydrates: 75gProtein: 7gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 138mgSodium: 184mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 1gSugar: 51gVitamin A: 661IUCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg
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