Saturday, February 23, 2013

Todd's favorite pound cake

This is the one cake Todd will eat.  He is not a dessert eater and doesn't have a big sweet tooth, but he loves pound cake.  We make it for him pretty often.  It is usually his birthday cake!  Bailey loves it too!  Oh, and I can;t forget to mention that Scout absolutely loves this cake.

A few tricks to making this cake perfect.  Make sure ALL ingredients are room temperature and don't pack your flour.

2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
1 tsp almond flavoring

Cream butter and shortening.  Add sugar, beat 5 minutes.  Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg. 

Mix dry ingredients together and ad to batter alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.  Mix well and add in flavorings.

Pour into a greased and floured tube or bunt pan.  Drop cake pan on the counter a few times to make sure battle will settle.

Bake at 325 or 80 minutes.  We usually take ours out at 70 minutes. 

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