Old Fashioned Pound Cake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c. shortening
3 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. lemon extract
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
6 eggs
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Cream butter and shortening in large mixing bowl, until fluffy. Add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, creaming well after each addition. Stir in vanilla, lemon extract and juice.
Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition.
Sift together flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
Stir thoroughly after each addition. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool for 15 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan.
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