Moroccan Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2/3 cup oleo
    1/2 cup vegetable shortening
    2 cups sugar
    4 eggs
    3 cups all-purpose flour
    3 teaspoons baking powder
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1 cup milk
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 cup raisins
    3/4 cup nuts, chopped, unsalted, mixed
    1 tablespoon cocoa
    1 tablespoon cinnamon
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
    Cream margarine and sugar until light.
    Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
    Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk, beating until smooth.
    Add vanilla, raisins and nuts. Pour 3/4 of batter into a 10-inch tube pan lined on bottom with waxed paper.
    Mix remaining batter with cocoa and cinnamon and spoon onto batter in pan. Run a knife through batter to marbleize.
    Bake at 350\u00b0 about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
    Let stand in pan 5 minutes, then turn out on rack; peel off paper. Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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