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1 cup butter ,Room temperature
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1/4 tsp. lemon extract
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups sugar
6 eggs , Room temperature
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
Cream butter, shortening, and flavoring throughtly. Gradually add sugar,taking time to throughtly cream sugar into butter mixture. Add eggs one at a time. Sift dry ingredients together, add alternately with sour cream and milk. At this point beat only enough to get ingredients well blended. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 and 1/2 hours or until cake test done. Allow cake to stand in pan about 10 mins. before turning out. Frost or glaze.
This is a very good pound cake, never dry. I use this same recipe to do other flavors by changing the flavoring.

or make divinity candy...turns to soup no matter what you try to do!!!

There are TWO things you should never do in the kitchen when the humidity is high: 1) Bake a cake and 2) try to beat egg whites for a meringue.

For this recipe I don't sift my flour, but I always use White Lilly flour. I know the weather can also make a difference in the texture of my pound cakes....not sure why. When the weather is hot and humid my pound cakes don't rise or turn out as well. Maybe when you try it again it will turn out better.

Wasn't my recipe, but when I make pound cake ,I always sift the flour and I only use swans Down cake flour

no freddie should I have?

did you sift flour?

Help I made the pound (used 3 cups flour) it tasted good. I am not sure if this is how to word it,but it seemed heavy, thick and a little dry.Any ideas what I did wrong?

Yes there should be flour....3 cups of plain flour. That's what happens when you get in a hurry!

I hope she does too!! My recipe is the only Pound cake recipe that I use. If I need a different flavor, I make adjustments depending on what I need. I even made a chocolate cream cheese pound cake once with this recipe and some minor adjustments.

This sounds very good. Maybe the other cake takes 3 cups too. I hope she comes back and gives the amount.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

3 sticks butter
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups Swansdown cake flour (or plain flour will do) (sifted)
1tsp vanilla
1tsp lemon flavoring

cream together butter, and cream cheese. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs one at a time Add flour and flavorings. Spray tube pan with pam Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours

I just prefer Swansdown Cake flour but you can use regular plain flour.

Well, she does say to add the flour. She just forgot to put the amount.

I hated to even say anything but pound cakes are pretty exspensive to make and I guarantee that this one won't turn out right without the flour

maybe 2 1/2?

I'm guessing 2 cups flour, but not my recipe, so not sure.

not tryin to be mean here but there should be flour in this recipe

This is my favorite Pound Cake recipe. I have baked many Pound Cakes and this recipe has proved to be the best for me.

Grandma's Pound Cake

2 sticks of real butter, allowed to come to room temperature
1/2 cup vegatable shortening
3 cups of sugar
5 eggs, allowed to come to room temperature
1 cup of whole milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespooons pure vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon of lemon extract

Let butter soften really well, then cram the butter, shortneing, and sugar. Add eggs, on at a time, beating each well, into the creamed mixture. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, alternating with 1/2 cup of milk. Mix each portion in well. Add baking powder and salt, vanilla extract and lemon extract, and beat well. Pour mixture into a 10-inch, greased and floured tube pan, smoothing to the sides with a spatula. "Pound" the pan on the counter several times to settle any aire bubbles (by lifting pan about 2 inches and dropping on counter). Place in a cold oven. Turn the oven to 325 and bake for 90 minutes.

Enjoy!

Anyone have a recipe? The ones out of a box are not as good as my Moms use to be. Thanks