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Ingredients
| multipurpose shortening: 1/2 cup |
| salted butter: 1 cup |
| granulated sugar: 2 1/2 cups |
| eggs: 5 |
| almond extract: 2 tsp |
| 2% milk: 1 cup |
| baking powder: 1/2 tsp |
| cake flour: 3 cups |
"aunt Johnnie's" Pound Cake
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
90 min -
Servings
11 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 300ºF.
- Lightly grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- Cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer
- (This will take a while).
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in almond extract.
- In another bowl, combine baking powder and flour.
- Stir into creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.