Aunt Johnnies Pound Cake Recipes

EASY POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a tube or bundt pan and set out the eggs and butter to allow them to come to room temperature.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, one egg at a time, beating for one minute after each addition. Sift the flour and add it to the creamed mixture alternately with the whipping cream. Mix until fully incorporated.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour the vanilla cake batter into the prepared pan and place in a cold oven. Turn the oven to 300 and bake for 80 to 90 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely before removing from pan.

"AUNT JOHNNIE'S" POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 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.