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Grandma's Pound Cake (Barry's Grandma, Bertha Trice) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
½ cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp fresh lemon
1 tsp vanilla
pinch salt
Directions:
Directions:
Cream shortening (butter, marjarine and crisco) in large bowl. Add sugar
gradually. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add sifted flour and milk Add lemon and vanilla and mix well. Pour batter into a well greased and floured tube pan.
Put in cold oven and heat to 300º for two hours!
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
lots
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
3 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Christmas or New Year celebrations I always made this cake.
We always considered it tradition and good luck for the new year to come.

I would mix this recipe without a mixer. Care taken if you do use a mixer.
There could be too much air in the cake and it may fall! A challenge.

 

 

 

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