User blog:SensibleCenobite/Butter pound cake.

HISTORY

This is my aunt's recipe from the East coast. She says it's very good!,

INGREDIENTS

!!!DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN!!!

3 cups of sugar.

1/2 cup Crisco.

3 cups flour.

1 cup milk.

2 sticks of butter.

5 large eggs.

1/4 tsp salt.

2 table spoons of vanilla butter + nut flavor OR 1 1/2 tea spoons almond extract.

Berries, optional.

DIRECTIONS

!!!DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN!!!

Cream shortening, sugar, butter, and salt.

Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg.

Add the flour and the milk alternately, ending with the flour.

Fold in flavoring by hand.

Bake in a greased and floured tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour 45 minutes.

After baking, cool cake 15 minutes then remove from pan and finish cooling.

Top with berries if you like. Makes a lot.

Hope all you creatures of the night like my Aunt's recipe,

TheBeardedDragon