Mama’s Pound Cake
By Paula Deen
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups plus more for pan all purpose flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/2 lb (2 sticks) plus more for pan butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
With a mixer, cream butter and shortening together. To the bowl, add sugar a little at a time. Then, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. In another bowl, stir dry ingredients together then add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with the flour and ending with the flour. Mix in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
