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Pound Cake (The Back Porch)

Course: Dessert
Keyword: cake
Servings: 0
Author: The Back Porch Restaurant Cookbook, Ocracoke Island, NC

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

  • Presheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease one large tube pan with shortening
  • and dust with flour. Cut a double layer of waxed paper to fit bottom of
  • pan.
  • Combine butter and shortening in mixing bowl and beat until creamy and
  • thoroughly blended. Add sugar and continue to beat until light and
  • fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
  • Measure flour and baking powder, combine and sift three times. In a
  • measuring cup, combine milk and extracts.
  • Mix flour and milk into butter mixture alternately in three parts,
  • beginning and ending with flour. Beat thoroughly after each addition.
  • Pour batter in prepared tube pan and place in a preheated oven. Bake for
  • approximately 1 1/4 hours or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
  • Allow cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes, run a thin knife blade
  • around the sides, and life cake out on center post. Cool completely, then
  • remove from center post. Serve at room temperature with fresh berries and
  • whipped cream.

Notes

NOTES : I always use Crisco shortening and Swansdown cake flour. My mother uses only 1 teaspoon vanilla and no almond extract and an additional 1/4 cup milk. And I sometimes have to bake it a few minutes longer. Just watch and test.
Recipe By: The Back Porch Restaurant Cookbook, Ocracoke Island, NC
Serving Size: 12