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Grandma's Pound Cake Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 pound butter (2 sticks at room temperature)
1/2 cup Crisco
3 cups sugar
3 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
5 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons lemon flavoring
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond flavoring
Directions:
Directions:
Cream sugar, butter and Crisco. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Add flour, baking powder (sifted three times). Add milk and flavorings. Pour into well-greased floured tube cake pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 300º.**

*Be careful in house, no slamming doors and don't move cake while baking. Cake will fall.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
16 to 20
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was one of my mom's best recipes.

 

 

 

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